Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

Abbreviations xi

INTRODUCTION 1

The Identity of This Diary and Its Author 2

     1. The Manuscript 2

     2. The Author and Her Status 3

     3. Her Education and Literary Style 13

     4. Her Route 15

     5. Where Was Her “Home”? 20

     6. The Date of Her Journey 22

Pilgrimage in Early Christianity 27

     1. Travel and Travelers in Late Antiquity 27

     2. What Constituted a Pilgrimage? 33

     3. The Origins of the Christian Practice 39

     4. Visiting Living Saints 45

     5. Reactions to Holy Places 50

     6. Egeria and Worship in the Holy Places 53

Jerusalem and Its Ecclesiastical Buildings 57

     1. Sion 59

     2. The Rotunda of the Resurrection (Anastasis) 61

     3. The Martyrium or Major Church 61

     4. Eleona 66

     5. Other Churches 67

The Liturgies of Jerusalem 68

     1. Daily Worship 70

     2. Vigils 75

     3. Eucharist 79

     4. Christian Initiation 83

The Liturgical Year in Jerusalem 86

     1. Epiphany 88

     2. Lent 88

     3. Great Week 91

     4. The Easter Season 96

     5. Octaves 98

     6. Other Festivals 99

TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY 103

Appendix A: The Pilgrim from Bordeaux 197

Appendix B: The Letter of King Abgar 205

Appendix C: Fragments of Egeria’s Text 207

Select Bibliography 209

Index of Biblical References 215

Index of Other Ancient Sources 221

Index of Modern Authors 224

Index of Places 227

Index of Persons and Subjects 230

Paul F. Bradshaw is emeritus professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame and an Anglican/Episcopal priest. The author or editor of over thirty books and of more than 120 articles and essays, he is also a past president both of the North American Academy of Liturgy and of the international Societas Liturgica. From 1987 to 2005 he was editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal Studia Liturgica.