TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finn,Thomas M.
TI  - From death to rebirth: ritual and conversion in antiquity 
SN  - 0809136899 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BL 805 .F56 1997
U1  - 291.4/2 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York, Mahwah, N.J.
PB  - Paulist Press
KW  - Conversion
KW  - Comparative studies
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Rome
KW  - Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-279) and index; Contents; Ch. 1. Conversion: The Lineage of a Word --
Ch. 2. Greco-Roman Paganism: Some Characteristics --
Ch. 3. Conversion in Paganism --
Ch. 4. Conversion in Ancient Judaism: The Second-Temple Period --
Ch. 5. Conversion in the Rabbinic Period --
Ch. 6. Conversion in Earliest Christianity --
Ch. 7. The Third Century --
Ch. 8. The Fourth Century: Conversion in Jerusalem --
Ch. 9. The Fourth Century: Conversion in Milan
ER  -