IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1620: Sacred Travel, Pilgrimage, and Imagination
Thursday 15 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | John Marcus Beard, Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Marcia Kupfer, Independent Scholar, Washington, DC |
| Paper 1620-a | Abraham's Journey to Jerusalem: Imagined Patriarchal Pilgrimage in Jewish Bible Commentaries (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Paper 1620-b | On the Road to Santiago: Imagining the Sacred Geography of Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1620-c | The Undiscovered Country: Afterlife Tales as Pilgrimage Narratives (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety |
| Abstract | In this panel we will explore the ways that medieval writers envisioned and imagined pilgrimage. We will consider the ways sacred travel influenced how medieval Jews, Christians, and Muslims imagined their world and their place in it. By investigating medieval Jewish commentaries on Genesis, the Christian pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, descriptions of journeys through the afterlife, and the appearance of Mecca on Islamic maps, the papers in this session will seek to find connections between travel, scripture, sacred legends, and the imagination of the world. |