Staging the Sacred

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Staging the Sacred is written by Laura Suzanne Lieber and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019006546X (ISBN 10) and 9780190065461 (ISBN 13).

Staging the Sacred examines Jewish, Samaritan, and Christian poetry from Late Antiquity through the lens of theater and performance. A highly interdisciplinary study that will appeal to scholars across religion, theatre, literature, and beyond, Staging the Sacred proposes a novel interpretation of Late Antique hymnody and poetry as a performative genre, akin to oratory, theatre, and other modes of public performance, placing these works in their wider societal context.