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Sacred Words : a source book on the great religions of the world / Terry D. Bilhartz

By:

BILHARTZ, Terry D

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : McGraw- Hill, c2006.Description: x, 424p. : 25cm. ill. (some col.), mapsISBN:

0-7-290098-9

Subject(s):

Greece -- Religion -- Congresses

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 200 BIL

Summary: A prevalent view in the current scholarship on ancient religions holds that state religion was primarily performed and transmitted in oral forms, whereas writing came to be associated with secret, private and marginal cults, especially in the Greek world. In Roman times, religions would have become more and more bookish, starting with the Sibylline books and the Annales Maximi of the Roman priests and culminating in the canonical gospels of the Christians.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Religion	200 BIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00008032
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Religion	200 BIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00008034

Includes bibliography and index

A prevalent view in the current scholarship on ancient religions holds that state religion was primarily performed and transmitted in oral forms, whereas writing came to be associated with secret, private and marginal cults, especially in the Greek world. In Roman times, religions would have become more and more bookish, starting with the Sibylline books and the Annales Maximi of the Roman priests and culminating in the canonical gospels of the Christians.

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