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

A comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world from the Hellenistic age to the late Roman period.

William Adler (Edited by), Michele Renee Salzman (General editor)

9781108703123, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 December 2018

464 pages, 31 b/w illus. 10 maps
23 x 15.3 x 3.5 cm, 0.86 kg

The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The nineteen essays in this volume begin with the Hellenistic age and extend to the late Roman period. Its contributors, all acknowledged experts in their fields, analyze a wide spectrum of textual and material evidence. An essay by the General Editor sets out the central questions, themes and historical trends considered in Volumes I and II. An essay by William Adler introduces the chapters of Volume II. The regional and historical orientations of the essays will enable readers to see how a religious tradition or movement assumed a distinctive local identity and consider its development within a broader regional and Mediterranean context. Supplemented with maps, illustrations and detailed indexes, the volume is an excellent reference tool for scholars of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world.

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 Françoise Dunand
7. Judaism in Egypt Joseph Mélèze 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.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2], History of religion [HRAX], Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]