| Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts Contributor(s): Sawyer, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415125464 ISBN-13: 9780415125468 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: This is the first comprehensive study of the role of languages and texts in the Greco-Roman religions, including Judaism and Christianity. It explores bilingualism, language learning, literacy, book production and translation, as well as some of the more explicitly religious factors, including beliefs about language, missionary zeal, ritual, conservatism, and the power of priestly establishment. By looking for parallel developments and common factors operating throughout the Roman Empire, i Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts /i sheds new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion. br First comprehensive study of the role of languages and texts in Greco-Roman religions |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 291.82 |
| LCCN: 98054120 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Series: Religion in the First Christian Centuries |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.69" W x 8.82" (0.84 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts is the first comprehensive study of the role of languages and texts in the religions of the Greco-Roman world, including Judaism and Christianity. It explores bilingualism, language learning, literacy, book production and translation, as well as some of the more explicitly religious factors, including beliefs about language, missionary zeal, ritual, conservatism and the power of a priestly establishment. Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts sheds new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion. |
