Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts (Religion in the First Christian Centuries)

by John Sawyer

Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

291.8

Series

Religion in the First Christian Centuries

Tags

Pagans and Christians, Late Antiquity, Graeco-Roman World, Roman Religion, Christianity, Numbers, Literacy, Books

Genres

Collection

Don

Publication

Routledge (1999), Edition: 1, Paperback, 200 pages

Description

By considering the status of Hebrew in Judaism alongside that of Greek in Rome Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts sheds new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion.

Language

English

Physical description

200 p.; 5.43 inches

ISBN

0415125472 / 9780415125475

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