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Author:   Maurizio Bettini ,  Douglas Grant Heise
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780520342248

ISBN 10:   0520342240
Pages:   164
Publication Date:   31 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: The Gods in Exile 1. Sacrificing the Nativity Scene and Bombing the Mosque 2. Festivity Figurines: Animals, Shepherds, Three Kings 3. End of the Year Figurines: Sigilla, Sigillaria, and Compitalia 4. A Life Through Figurines: The Lararium 5. Thou Shalt Have No Other God Before Me 6. Translating the Gods, Translating God 7. Grammatical Paradoxes: The Name of God 8. The Interpretatio of the Gods 9. Polytheism, Curiosity, and Knowledge 10. What If Monotheisms Were Just Polytheisms in Disguise? 11. Tolerance vs. Interpretatio 12. Polytheism as Language 13. Giving Citizenship to the Gods 14. The Long Shadow of Words 15. The Twilight of Writing, the Sunset of Scripture Appendix A. Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in the Ancient World Appendix B. The Ups and Downs of Paganus  Notes Bibliography   

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Posits that polytheism, and Roman polytheism in particular, can help societies navigate political, social, and religious diversity. * Publishers Weekly *

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Maurizio Bettini is Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Siena, where he is Director of the Center for the Anthropology of the Ancient World. He is author of more than twenty scholarly books and five novels, including winners of the Prix Bristol des Lumières and the Premio Letterario Mondello.

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