Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: The Historian | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Tripolitis, Antonia | Copyright information

Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Edited by Sarah Iles Johnston. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. xvii, 667. $49.95.)

Despite its broad title, this book is basically a guide to the religions of the Mediterranean. It explores the development and dissemination of the religious beliefs and practices that flourished throughout the Mediterranean world and permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, from the third millennium BCE to the fourth centu...

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