| #2292699 in Books | 2016-06-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x6.50 x1.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 272 pages|||With this book on the role of writing in Roman religion, MacRae offers a reasoned and persuasive corrective to current scholarship. While scholars center all too often on the importance of ritual action and religious practice, Legible Religion pr
Scholars have long emphasized the importance of scripture in studying religion, tacitly separating 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 religious culture to grapple with a central question: what was the significance of books in a religion without scripture?
In the last two centuries BCE, Varro and other learned Roma...
You easily download any file type for your device.Legible Religion: Books, Gods, and Rituals in Roman Culture | Duncan MacRae. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
