Loosing Vows and Oaths in the Roman Empire and Beyond: Authority and Interpretation

Moshe Blidstein

doi:10.1515/arege-2018-0016

Loosing Vows and Oaths in the Roman Empire and Beyond: Authority and Interpretation

Moshe Blidstein

Department of General History

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Abstract

Vows, dedications and promissory oaths were an important category of language for people in the ancient Mediterranean. Using various formulae, people promised the gods (in the case of vows and dedications), or each other (in the case of oaths), that they would perform certain acts in the future, giving more than usual force to their words. The purpose of this article is to investigate the mechanics and hermeneutics of promises backed by divine power in the ancient Mediterranean.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-303
Number of pages	29
Journal	Archiv fur Religionsgeschichte
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/arege-2018-0016
State	Published - 2018

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