Legible Religion : Books, Gods, and Rituals in Roman Culture / Duncan MacRae.
MacRae, Duncan, author.
2016
BL803 .M33 2016eb
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Title
Legible Religion : Books, Gods, and Rituals in Roman Culture / Duncan MacRae.
Author
MacRae, Duncan, author.
ISBN
9780674969704
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969704
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (272 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674969704 doi
Call Number
BL803 .M33 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
292.8
Summary
Scholars have long separated a few privileged "religions of the Book" from faiths lacking sacred texts, including ancient Roman religion. Looking beyond this distinction, Duncan MacRae delves into Roman treatises on the nature of gods and rituals to grapple with a central question: what was the significance of books in a religion without scripture?
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Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Part I. Writing Roman Religion
1. Gods and Humans in Rome and Its Empire
2. Writing Roman Religion
3. Letters of the Republic
Part II. Comparison
4. Rabbis and Romans
Part III. Reading Roman Religion
5. Emperor as Reader
6. Paper Pagans
Conclusion: Beyond Scripture and Literature
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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