How and Why Books Matter: Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James W. WattsSeries:Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative TextsPublish date:2019-05-13Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:Equinox Publishing (UK)ISBN-13:9781781797686ISBN-10:1781797684UPC:9781781797686Book Category:Literary Criticism, ReligionSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SC8181PB8E
How and Why Books Matter: Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts
Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching, and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attention of academic scholars. Communities also ritualize a text's expressive dimension through public reading, recitation, and song, and also by reproducing...
Series: Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
Language:EnglishPublisher:Equinox Publishing (UK)ISBN-13:9781781797686ISBN-10:1781797684UPC:9781781797686Book Category:Literary Criticism, ReligionSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SC8181PB8E
James W. Watts is Professor of Religion at Syracuse University. He is the author of Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture (Wiley Blackwell, 2017) and the editor of Iconic Books and Texts (Equinox, 2013) and Sensing Sacred Texts (Equinox, 2018).
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