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This innovative study applies cutting-edge network methodology to ancient religious data, and uses it to demonstrate that the spread of religious movements in the Roman Empire was the result of social networks, rather than 'inevitable progress'. An essential resource for students and scholars of ancient history, archaeology and religious studies.

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'Particularly engaging.' History Today

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Introduction; 1. The network approach; 2. Networks and religion in the Roman world; 3. Jupiter Dolichenus: military networks on the edges of empire; 4. The Jewish Diaspora in the West: the rabbinic reforms, ethnicity and the (re?)activation of Jewish identity; 5. Theos Hypsistos: God-fearers, the rabbinic reforms, the fiscus Judaicus and the redefinition of the Jewish-gentile relationship; 6. Religion and social networks in archaeology and ancient history: conclusions.

Religious Networks in the Roman Empire

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 11/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107655041, 978-1107655041
      ISBN10: 1107655048
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This innovative study applies cutting-edge network methodology to ancient religious data, and uses it to demonstrate that the spread of religious movements in the Roman Empire was the result of social networks, rather than 'inevitable progress'. An essential resource for students and scholars of ancient history, archaeology and religious studies.

      Trade Review
      'Particularly engaging.' History Today

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. The network approach; 2. Networks and religion in the Roman world; 3. Jupiter Dolichenus: military networks on the edges of empire; 4. The Jewish Diaspora in the West: the rabbinic reforms, ethnicity and the (re?)activation of Jewish identity; 5. Theos Hypsistos: God-fearers, the rabbinic reforms, the fiscus Judaicus and the redefinition of the Jewish-gentile relationship; 6. Religion and social networks in archaeology and ancient history: conclusions.

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