It takes the average reader 9 hours and 4 minutes to read Singing for the Gods by Barbara Kowalzig
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Singing for the Gods develops a new approach towards an old question in the study of religion - the relationship of myth and ritual. Focusing on ancient Greek religion, Barbara Kowalzig exploits the joint occurrence of myth and ritual in archaic and classical Greek song-culture. She shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, help to effect social and political change in their own time. Religious song emerges as integral to a rapidly changing society hovering between local, regional, and panhellenic identities...
Singing for the Gods by Barbara Kowalzig is 528 pages long, and a total of 136,224 words.
This makes it 178% the length of the average book. It also has 166% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 24 minutes to read Singing for the Gods aloud.
Singing for the Gods is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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