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Sacred Languages And Sacred Texts

  • Paperback
  • 200 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm

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This study of the role of languages and texts in the religions of the Greco-Roman world, including Judaism and Christianity, 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. By considering the status of Hebrew in Judaism alongside that of Greek in Rome, for example, or the Christian canon in the same context as the canonizing of Classical literature under the Antonines, the book seeks to shed new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion.
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  • Title

    Sacred Languages And Sacred Texts

  • Author

    John Sawyer

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    May 1999

  • Weight

    268g

  • Page Count

    200

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415125475

  • ISBN-10

    0415125472

  • Eden Code

    1007144

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