{"product_id":"9781405106566","title":"Religion in the Roman Empire","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Ancient Religions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eReligion in the Roman Empire\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJames B. Rives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Ancient \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on a wide range of primary material, both textual and visual, from literary works, inscriptions and monuments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers insight into the religious world in which contemporary rabbinic Judaism and Christianity both had their origin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames B. Rives\u003c\/b\u003e is Kenan Eminent Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReligion and Authority in Roman Carthage\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eTacitus: Germania\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and has co-edited \u003ci\u003eFlavius Josephus and Flavian Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). He has written a number of important articles on Roman religion in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Roman Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Early Christian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and has taught courses on Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire, religions of the Roman Empire, and ruler cult in the Graeco-Roman world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 June 2006\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405106566\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378444824716,"sku":"9781405106566","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405106566.jpg?v=1780160229","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405106566","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}