Roman gods a conceptual approach - Lipka, Michael (Brill, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index
Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One Constituent Concepts; Chapter Two Conceptualization; Chapter Three A Test Case: The Secular Games of 17 B.C; Chapter Four Concepts and Society; Chapter Five Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Concerned with the question of how the concept of 'god' in urban Rome can be analyzed along the lines of six constituent concepts, that is space, time, personnel, function, iconography and ritual, this book develops general criteria for an analysis of pagan, Jewish and Christian concepts of gods in ancient Rome