Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts

'This is a splendid book, offering new insights in a whole range of areas...John Sawyer has long been known both as a master of traditional methodology and as an extremely astute questioner of its assumptions, and here he puts his experitise to wider use in what remains a very sensitive area.' - Richard Coggins, Theology

'... a convincing interpretation of an interconnected group of subjects ... New light has been shed ... This wide-ranging study deserves a readership that is worthy of it's scholary author' - William Frend, Church Times

'This is a fascinating study of the interaction between language and religion in the Greco-Roman world ... an important contribution that will interest specialists in Near Eastern Studies, Linguistics, Classics, and Religious Studies.' - Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College, Reviews in Religion and Theology

'John Sawyer has ventured beyond the horizons of most biblical scholars to create an instructive and stimulating study.' - Alan Millard, Journal of Theological Studies

'Sawyer is ... at his best in dealing with features of style in the Old Testament ... a wide-ranging study.' - Studies in World Christianity