Preliminary material /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE GESCHICHTE UND NEUE PERSPEKTIVEN /CARSTEN COLPE -- RÖMISCHE RELIGION UND RELIGIÖSER UMBRUCH /H. S. VERSNEL -- KLEINASIEN HERKUNFTSLAND ORIENTALISCHER GOTTHEITEN /FRIEDRICH KARL DÖRNER -- MITHRAS IN DER RÖMERZEIT /MAARTEN J. VERMASEREN -- ISIS UND SARAPIS /LADISLAV VIDMAN -- ANDERE ÄGYPTISCHE GOTTHEITEN /GÜNTHER HÖLBL -- IUPITER DOLICHENUS /ELMAR SCHWERTHEIM -- JUPITER HELIOPOLITANUS /YOUSSEF HAJJAR -- DIE DEA SYRIA UND ANDERE SYRISCHE GOTTHEITEN IM IMPERIUM ROMANUM /HAN J. W. DRIJVERS -- KYBELE UND ATTIS /GABRIEL SANDERS -- ARTEMIS EPHESIA UND APHRODITE VON APHRODISIAS /ROBERT FLEISCHER -- DER SABAZIOS-KULT /RUDOLF FELLMANN -- MYSTERIEN (IN KULT UND RELIGION) UND PHILOSOPHIE /HEINRICH DÖRRIE -- FRÜHCHRISTLICHE RELIGION /ROELOF VAN DEN BROEK -- AUSEINANDERSETZUNG DES CHRISTENTUMS MIT DER UMWELT /BERNHARD KÖTTING -- GNOSIS /GILLES QUISPEL -- DER MANICHÄISMUS /ALEXANDER BÖHLIG -- DAS JUDENTUM /HANNELORE KÜNZL -- PAPYRI MAGICAE GRAECAE UND MAGISCHE GEMMEN /JACQUES SCHWARTZ -- THRAKISCHE UND DANUBISCHE REITERGÖTTER /MANFRED OPPERMANN -- INDEX /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- VERZEICHNIS DER IM TEXT GENANNTEN GEOGRAPHISCHEN NAMEN (KARTEN I UND II) /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- Geographische Karten I und II /Maarten J. Vermaseren -- ÉTUDES PRÉLIMINAIRES AUX RELIGIONS ORIENTALES DANS L'EMPIRE ROMAIN /Maarten J. Vermaseren.

Preliminary material /Elmar Schwertheim -- EINLEITUNG.ZIELSETZUNG UNO AUFBAU DER ARBEIT /Elmar Schwertheim -- GERMANIA INFERIOR /Elmar Schwertheim -- GERMANIA SUPERIOR /Elmar Schwertheim -- RAETIA /Elmar Schwertheim -- NORICUM /Elmar Schwertheim -- BELGICA /Elmar Schwertheim -- GERMANIA MAGNA /Elmar Schwertheim -- MATERIALSICHTUNG /Elmar Schwertheim -- DIE VEREHRUNG ORIENTALISCHER GOTTHEITEN IM ROMISCHEN DEUTSCHLAND /Elmar Schwertheim -- ZUSAMMENFASSUNG /Elmar Schwertheim -- ADDENDA /Elmar Schwertheim -- VERZEICHNIS DER WICHTIGSTEN LITERATUR UND ABKÜRZUNGEN /Elmar Schwertheim -- KATALOGREGISTER /Elmar Schwertheim -- ALPHABETISCHES FUNDORTVERZEICHNIS /Elmar Schwertheim -- TAFELVERZEICHNIS /Elmar Schwertheim -- TAFELN 1-121 /Elmar Schwertheim.

This work traces the decline of Greek religion and christianization of the Eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the legislation of Justinian the Great against paganism. It treats both urban and rural affairs, with particular emphasis on interpreting the epigraphy. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529.It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacrifice and sorcery, temple conversions, the degradation of pagan gods into daimones, the christianization of rite, and the social, political and economic background of conversion to Christianity. Several local contexts are examined in great detail: Gaza, Athens, Alexandria, Aphrodisias, central Asia Minor, northern Syria, the Nile basin, and the province of Arabia.It lays particular emphasis on the criticism of epigraphy, legal evidence, and hagiographic texts, and traces the demographic growth of Christianity and the chronology of this process in select local contexts. It also seeks to understand the behavioral patterns of conversion.

The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity

This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529. It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against sacrifice and sorcery, temple conversions, the degradation of pagan gods into daimones, the christianization of rite, and the social, political and economic background of conversion to Christianity. Several local contexts are examined in great detail: Gaza, Athens, Alexandria, Aphrodisias, central Asia Minor, northern Syria, the Nile basin, and the province of Arabia. It lays particular emphasis on the criticism of epigraphy, legal evidence, and hagiographic texts, and traces the demographic growth of Christianity and the chronology of this process in select local contexts. It also seeks to understand the behavioral patterns of conversion.