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Sacred languages and sacred texts /
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 exp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1999.
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| Colección: | Religion in the first Christian centuries.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 190 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203047750 0203047753 9780415125468 0415125464 9780415125475 0415125472 0203290909 9780203290903 9786610104802 6610104808 1280104805 9781280104800 |