| Description |
x, 165 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
I. The Hellenistic-Roman World -- A. Historical Survey -- B. The Mystery Cults -- C. Religious Philosophies -- II. Mithraism -- A. The Myth and Origins of Mithras -- B. Mysteries of Mithras -- C. Influence and Development in the Hellenistic-Roman Age -- D. Mithraism's Decline and Disappearance -- III. Hellenistic Judaism -- A. Historical Survey of Jewish Diaspora (597 to 331 B.C.E.) -- B. Hellenization of the Jewish Diaspora -- C. Philo of Alexandria -- D. The Development of the Synagogue -- IV. Christianity -- A. Primitive Christianity -- B. Christianity's Encounter with Its Social World -- C. The Development of Christianity into a Systematic Religious Philosophy -- D. Success of Christianity -- V. Gnosticism -- A. Nature of Gnosticism -- B. Main Tenets -- C. Principal Gnostic Systems -- D. Gnosticism's Initial Appeal and Its Disappearance -- VI. Summary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-158) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057127
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Rome -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96009771
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| LC no. |
2001040380 |
| ISBN |
080284913X paperback alkaline paper |
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