The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World: Volume 2, From the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity(English, Paperback, unknown)

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The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World: Volume 2, From the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity(English, Paperback, unknown) is written by unknown and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1108703127 (ISBN 10) and 9781108703123 (ISBN 13).

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.