Religious Networks in the Roman Empire - The Spread of New Ideas

Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The network approach; 2. Networks and religion in the Roman world; 3. Jupiter Dolichenus: military networks on the edges of empire; 4. The Jewish Diaspora in the West: the rabbinic reforms, ethnicity and the (re?)activation of Jewish identity; 5. Theos Hypsistos: God-fearers, the rabbinic reforms, the fiscus Judaicus and the redefinition of the Jewish-gentile relationship; 6. Religion and social networks in archaeology and ancient history: conclusions.

About the author

Anna Collar is a Fellow of the McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge and has published articles in the Mediterranean Historical Review, Asia Minor Studien, Iuppiter Dolichenus (Habelt), and Network Analysis and Archaeology.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Collar, Anna (University of Cambridge) Collar, Collar Anna
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107043442
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04344-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Ancient / General, History of Religion, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology