Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts (Religion in the First Christian Centuries)

Sawyer, John

ISBN 10: 0415125464 / ISBN 13: 9780415125468

Published by Routledge, 1999

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By considering the status of Hebrew in Judaism alongside that of Greek in Rome Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts sheds new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion. Series: Religion in the First Christian Centuries. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; DSBB; HRAB; HRJ; HRKP; HRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272. . 1999. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts (Religion in the First Christian Centuries)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415125464
• ISBN 13: 9780415125468
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Professor John Sawyer, formerly Head of Religious Studies at Newcastle University, is now Senior Research Fellow in Hebrew and Biblical Interpretation at Lancaster University. He is the author of The Fifth Gospel. Isaiah in the History of Christianity (1996) and the Religion Editor of the ten-volume Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics (1994).