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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sawyer, John F. A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Colección:Religion in the first Christian centuries.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The language situation
  • 3. Sacred languages
  • 4. Literacy
  • 5. Canonization
  • 6. Translation
  • 7. Beliefs and controls
  • 8. Names and numbers
  • 9. Styles and strategies
  • 10. Interpretation
  • 11. Conclusion.