Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. MAPS vii
4. PREFACE xv
5. 1. THE JOURNEY 1
6. 2. POLYTHEISTS, JEWS AND THE SUPERNATURAL 11
7. 3. ORDINARY JEWISH PEOPLE 26
8. 4. THE JUSTICE OF YAHWEH 41
9. 5. POLYTHEISTS IN THEIR WORLD 59
10. 6. PATHS TO CHANGE 88
11. 7. CHARISMATICS AND MESSIAHS 114
12. 8. CHRISTIANITY IN THE JEWISH AND POLYTHEISTIC WORLD 130
13. 9. HOSTILITY TO CHRISTIANITY 147
14. 10. CHRISTIANITY’S APPEAL: MAGICIANS, MIRACLES AND MARTYRS 178
15. 11. WHEN PROPHECY FAILS 208
16. VALEDICTORY 236
17. WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S WHAT 238
18. SOURCES 251
19. FURTHER READING 257
20. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 264
21. LIST OF FIGURES 265
22. LIST OF PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS 267
23. NOTES 270
24. INDEX 289