The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World: Volume 2, From the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity (Paperback)

Introduction William Adler; Part I. Iran and the Near East: 1. Religion in Iran: the Parthian and Sassanian periods (247 BCE?654 CE) Albert de Jong; 2. Creating local religious identities in the Roman Near East Ted Kaizer; 3. Judaism in Palestine in the Hellenistic-Roman periods Esther Eshel and Michael E. Stone; 4. Post-70 Judaism in Judaea and the Near East Hayim Lapin; 5. Christianity in Syria Sidney H. Griffith; Part II. Egypt and North Africa: 6. Traditional religion in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt Francoise Dunand; 7. Judaism in Egypt Joseph Meleze Modrzejewski; 8. Ancient Egyptian Christianity Jacques van der Vliet; 9. Cult and belief in Punic and Roman Africa Brent Shaw; 10. Christianity in Roman Africa Robin M. Jensen; Part III. Greece and Asia Minor: 11. Religions of Greece and Asia Minor Lynn E. Roller; 12. Judaism in Asia Minor Pieter W. van der Horst; 13. Christianity in Asia Minor: observations on the epigraphy Frank R. Trombley; Part IV. Italy, Roman Gaul, and Spain: 14. Roman religion: cult and belief in Rome and Italy Michele Renee Salzman; 15. Judaism in Italy and the West Giancarlo Lacerenza; 16. Christianity in Italy Dennis Trout; 17. Religions and cities in Roman Gaul (first to fourth centuries CE) William van Andringa; 18. Christianity in Gaul William Klingshirn; 19. Religions of Roman Spain Michael Kulikowski; Suggestions for further reading; Maps.