| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xx, 611 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Political History -- Near East Before Alexander -- Alexander the Great -- The Hellenistic Kingdoms -- Rome -- Administration of the Empire -- Society and Culture -- The Roman Military -- Social Classes -- Slavery -- Roman Citizenship -- Roman Law -- Social Morality -- Economic Life -- Entertainment -- Education -- Literature and Language -- Art and Architecture -- Clubs and Associations -- Hellenistic-Roman Religions -- Ancient Greek Religion -- Ancient Roman Religion -- Religion in Hellenistic-Roman TImes -- Domestic and Rural Religion -- Civic Cults -- Ruler Cult -- Personal Religion -- Greek Mysteries and Eastern Religions -- Gnosticism, Hermetic Literature, Chaldaean Oracles -- Later Developments: Monotheism and Sun Worship -- Hellenistic-Roman Philosophies -- Sophists and Socrates -- Plato and the Academy to the First Century -- Aristotle and the Peripatetics -- Skepticism -- Cynicism -- Stoicism -- Epicureanism -- Eclecticism -- Neopythagoreanism -- Middle Platonism -- Plotinus and Neoplatonism -- Judaism -- Jewish History, 538 B.C. to A.D. 200 -- Jews in the Early Roman Empire -- Jewish Literature and Other Sources in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods -- Parties and Sects -- Beliefs and Practices -- Organization and Institutions -- Christianity in the Ancient World -- Literary References to Christianity in Non-Christian Sources -- Archaeological Remains Bearing on Early Christian History -- Some Claimed Archaeological Remains of Early Christianity -- Attitudes of Pagans Toward Christians -- The Legal Status of Christianity -- Hindrances to the Acceptance of Christianity -- Religious Rivals -- Factors Favorable to Christianity -- What was Unique in Christianity? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Origin.
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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Rome -- History -- Republic, 510 B.C.-30 B.C.
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| ISBN |
0802806694 paper |
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