From Death to Rebirth: Ritual and Conversion in Antiquity
- ISBN-10
- 0809136899
- ISBN-13
- 9780809136896
- Category
- Conversion
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Author
- Thomas Macy Finn
Description
"In this fascinating study of antiquity, Thomas Finn explores the role of ritual and conversion in Judaism, Christianity, Greco-Roman Paganism, and the philosophical schools. Finn makes history come alive both by carefully delineating the historical, cultural, and social factors at work in conversion and by drawing on the stories and firsthand accounts of conversion in ancient times."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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