CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. 1. BEYOND ATTACK AND APOLOGY: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD DEBATE 1
5. 2. BEGINNING A NEW CONVERSATION 15
6. 3. A PRELIMINARY PROFILE OF GRECO-ROMAN RELIGION 32
7. 4. RELIGION AS PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS: AELIUS ARISTIDES 50
8. 5. RELIGION AS MORAL TRANSFORMATION: EPICTETUS 64
9. 6. RELIGION AS TRANSCENDING THE WORLD: POIMANDRES 79
10. 7. RELIGION AS STABILIZING THE WORLD: PLUTARCH 93
11. 8. WAYS OF BEING JEWISH IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD 111
12. 9. THE APPEARANCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD 130
13. 10. NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY AS PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS 142
14. 11. NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY AS MORAL TRANSFORMATION 158
15. 12. CHRISTIANITY IN THE SECOND AND THIRD CENTURIES: PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS 172
16. 13. MORAL TRANSFORMATION IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY 194
17. 14. TRANSCENDING THE WORLD IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY 214
18. 15. STABILIZING THE WORLD IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY 234
19. 16. AFTER CONSTANTINE: CHRISTIANITY AS IMPERIAL RELIGION 255
20. EPILOGUE 275
21. NOTES 285
22. SCRIPTURE INDEX 405
23. INDEX OF ANCIENT AUTHORS 418
24. INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS 444
25. SUBJECT INDEX 453