20 avril 2023
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge et al., « Archives of piety: ritual norms and authority between Greece and Rome », Collège de France, ID : 10.4000/books.cdf.13177
The premise of this paper is a self-evident statement: neither Greek nor Roman religion can be considered as a “religion of the Book.” In the common sense, they are not systems based on a sacred scripture encapsulating a revelation and giving birth to dogmas. But this premise must be immediately qualified because writings related to religion were not absent in these cultures. Orality coexisted with writing during centuries: sanctuaries were full of inscriptions and graffiti, while written rit...