Forbidden Oracles?

Forbidden Oracles?
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Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 316152859X
ISBN-13 : 9783161528590
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Book Synopsis Forbidden Oracles? by : AnneMarie Luijendijk

Download or read book Forbidden Oracles? written by AnneMarie Luijendijk and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book centers on The Gospel of the Lots of Mary, a previously unknown text preserved in a fifth- or sixth-century Coptic miniature codex. It presents the first critical edition and translation of this new text. My book is also a project about religious praxis and authority, as I situate the manuscript within the context of practices of and debates around divination in the ancient Mediterranean world."--Preface, p. [vii].


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