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From Death to Rebirth »

Authors: Thomas M. Finn
ISBN-13: 9780809136896, ISBN-10: 0809136899
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Paulist Press
Date Published: March 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Thomas M. Finn

Book Synopsis

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.

	Preface	1
	Abbreviations	5
	Introduction	7
Ch. 1	Conversion: The Lineage of a Word	17
Ch. 2	Greco-Roman Paganism: Some Characteristics	45
Ch. 3	Conversion in Paganism	68
Ch. 4	Conversion in Ancient Judaism: The Second-Temple Period	90
Ch. 5	Conversion in the Rabbinic Period	115
Ch. 6	Conversion in Earliest Christianity	137
Ch. 7	The Third Century	163
Ch. 8	The Fourth Century: Conversion in Jerusalem	188
Ch. 9	The Fourth Century: Conversion in Milan	212
	Conclusion	239
	Bibliography	261
	Index	280