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Legible Religion LEGIBLE RELIGION (cid:2) Books, Gods, and Rituals in Roman Culture DUNCAN MACRAE Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England 2016 Copyright © 2016 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data MacRae, Duncan, author. Legible religion : books, gods, and rituals in Roman culture / Duncan MacRae. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–674–08871–9 1. Rome—R eligion. 2. Sacred books. 3. Gods, Roman, in lit era t ure. 4. Religion and lit era t ure— Rome. 5. Mishnah— Comparative studies. I. Title. BL803.M33 2016 292.8—d c23 2015034386 For my parents Contents Introduction: The Books of Numa 1 PART I. WRITING ROMAN RELIGION 1. Gods and Humans in Rome and Its Empire 13 2. Writing Roman Religion 28 3. Letters of the Republic 53 PART II. COMPARISON 4. Rabbis and Romans 79 PART III. READING ROMAN RELIGION 5. Emperor as Reader 101 6. Paper Pagans 123 Conclusion: Beyond Scripture and Lit er at ure 141 Notes 1 49 Bibliography 2 11 Acknowl edgments 2 53 Index 2 55 Legible Religion
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