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Religions of antiquity / edited by Robert M. Seltzer. - New York : London : Macmillan; Collier Macmillan, c1989. - xi, 306 p. : map ; 23 cm. - Religion, history, and culture .

"Selections from the Encyclopedia of religion."

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: pt. 1. Religions of the ancient Near East. Mesopotamian religions / Thorkild Jacobsen --
Egyptian religion / Leonard H. Lesko --
Goddess worship in the ancient Near East / Merlin Stone --
Hittite religion / Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. --
Canaanite religion / Alan M. Cooper --
Israelite religion / Moshe Weinfeld --
Iranian religions ; Zorastrianism / Gherardo Gnoli --
pt. 2. Greco-Roman religions. Aegean religions / Olivier Pelon --
Greek religion / Jean-Pierre Vernant --
Roman religion to 100 BCE / Robert Schilling --
Roman religion of the imperial period / Arnaldo Momigliano --
pt. 3. Religions of late antiquity. Hellenistic religions / J. Gwyn Griffiths --
Gnosticism / Giles Quispel --
Mystery religions / Kurt Rudolph --
Manichaeism ; Mithraism / Gherardo Gnoli.

ISBN: 0028973739

LCCN: 89012102

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religions--History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Religion.
Greece--Religion.
Rome--Religion.

LC Class. No.: BL 1060 / .R438 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 291/.0938