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X-WR-CALNAME:"Global Approaches to Sacred Space" Workshop: Georgia Frank\, 
 "Eternal Night: Caves and Ritual Imagination in Ancient Mediterranean Reli
 gions"
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DESCRIPTION:Eternal Night: Caves and Ritual Imagination in Ancient Mediterr
 anean Religions\n\nThis paper explores the role of caves as sacred spaces 
 in the history of religions. One important cave for pilgrims in the early 
 Middle Ages was the cave of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. According to th
 is widespread legend\, a group of young men fled persecution by hiding in 
 a cave and remaining asleep for nearly two centuries. This paper traces th
 is long-sleeper legend’s similarities with late antique Jewish legends\,
  Christian magical texts of late antiquity\, and Sura 18 from the Qur’an
 . It explores how recent studies of the archaeology of caves and histories
  of the night can deepen our understanding of the importance of caves as s
 acred spaces for healing\, protection\, and revelation.\n\nGeorgia Frank i
 s Charles A. Dana Professor of Religion at Colgate University. A historian
  of ancient Christian pilgrimage\, the senses in religious experience\, an
 d liturgical song\, she is author of Unfinished Christians: Ritual Objects
  and Silent Subjects in Late Antiquity (Penn Press\, 2023).\n\nClick here 
 to register\n\nThe Global Approaches to Sacred Space lectures are generous
 ly funded by the SGS Global Research Workshop series with further support 
 from the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies\, CESTA\, CMEMS\, CREEES\, the 
 Departments of Art & Art History\, Classics\, French & Italian\, History\,
  and Religious Studies.\n\nCo-organized by Prof. Bissera V. Pentcheva and 
 Andrei Dumitrescu.
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SUMMARY:"Global Approaches to Sacred Space" Workshop: Georgia Frank\, "Eter
 nal Night: Caves and Ritual Imagination in Ancient Mediterranean Religions
 "
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 -space-workshop-georgia-frank-eternal-night-caves-and-ritual-imagination-i
 n-ancient-mediterranean-religions
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