TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacRae,Duncan
TI  - Legible Religion: Books, Gods, and Rituals in Roman Culture 
SN  - 9780674969704
AV  - BL803 .M33 2016eb
U1  - 292.8 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Gods, Roman, in literature
KW  - Religion and literature
KW  - Rome
KW  - Sacred books
KW  - RELIGION / History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I. Writing Roman Religion --; 1. Gods and Humans in Rome and Its Empire --; 2. Writing Roman Religion --; 3. Letters of the Republic --; Part II. Comparison --; 4. Rabbis and Romans --; Part III. Reading Roman Religion --; 5. Emperor as Reader --; 6. Paper Pagans --; Conclusion: Beyond Scripture and Literature --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Scholars have long separated 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 treatises on the nature of gods and rituals to grapple with a central question: what was the significance of books in a religion without scripture?
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969704
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674969704
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674969704/original
ER  -