Gods, spirits, and worship in the Greco-Roman world and early Christianity. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Craig A. Evans, Adam Z. Wright.
• Editors: Evans, Craig A; Wright, Adam Z
• Contents: PrefaceList of AbbreviationsList of ContributorsList of ImagesChapter One: The Isis Temple in the Campus Martius in Rome: Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World - Frederick E. Brenk, Arrupe House Jesuit Community, USAChapter Two: The Myth of the Diasporic Isiac-Family as Reflected in the Epigraphical Evidence Connected to the Delian Sarapeia - Elina Lapinoja-Pitkänen, University of Helsinki, FinlandChapter Three: Jesus, the Daimons and the Dead - Peter G. Bolt, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia Chapter Four: Jesus and the Archetypes: A Study of the Heroic Archetype - Adam Z. Wright, The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, USAChapter Five: Fiery Twins: James, John, and the Sons of Zeus - Jeff Pettis, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, USAChapter Six: Romulus, Roman Omens, and the Portents of the Birth and Passion of Jesus - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USAChapter Seven: Learning Rhetoric at Tarsus: The Apostle Paul and His Use of Aristotelian Rhetoric - Alexa Wallace and Adam Z. Wright, The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, USAChapter Eight: Early Christian 'Binding Spells'? The Formulas in 1 Cor 12:3 Read Against the Background of Ancient Curse Tablets - Susanne Luther, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsChapter Nine: Paul as the Originator of Women Teachers within Religious Circles - Chris S. Stevens, Independent ScholarChapter Ten: The Secret of the Hidden Cross: The Form, Meaning and Background of the Hellenistic Hymn Quoted in 1 Timothy 3:16 - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent ScholarChapter Eleven: 'Out with the Christians … Our with the Epicureans!' Atheism and Constructing the Other in Antiquity - Richard A. Wright, Abilene Christian University, USAChapter Twelve: Jinn and the Myth of the Shepherd - Jonathan Poletti, Independent Scholar Index of AuthorsIndex of Primary Sources.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 292; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity and other religions -- Roman -- History; Rome -- Religion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567703293; 9780567703279
• Related ISBNs: 9780567703262
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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