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020			_a0-7-290098-9
040			_cSAUT Mbeya Library
082			_222nd ed. _a200 BIL
100			_91306 _aBILHARTZ, Terry D
245			_aSacred Words : _ba source book on the great religions of the world / _cTerry D. Bilhartz
260			_aBoston : _bMcGraw- Hill, _c c2006.
300			_ax, 424p. : _c25cm. _b ill. (some col.), maps ;
500			_aIncludes bibliography and index
520			_a 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.
650		0	_91310 _aGreece -- Religion -- Congresses _b
942			_2ddc _cBK