Iconic Books and Texts (Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts)

James W. Watts

ISBN 10: 1845539850 / ISBN 13: 9781845539856

Published by Equinox Publishing Limited, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Iconic Books and Texts (Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts)
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845539850
• ISBN 13: 9781845539856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This volume is the first comprehensive survey of iconic books and texts tracing their development and influence from ancient to modern times and comparing their roles in multiple cultures and religious traditions. All twenty-two essays are original, cutting-edge contributions to this new academic field with wide appeal to students and scholars across the study of religions, literature, book history, archives and libraries.

About the Author

James W. Watts is Professor of Religion at Syracuse University and the author of Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture (Cambridge University Press, 2007).