Gods, Spirits, and Worship in the Greco-Roman World and Early Christianity

Craig A. Evans is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University in Texas, USA. Adam Z. Wright is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Director of Online Studies at the College of Emmanuel & St. Chad, Canada.

• PrefaceList of AbbreviationsList of ContributorsList of ImagesChapter One: The Isis Temple in the Campus Martius in Rome: Place, Space, and Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean World - Frederick E. Brenk, Arrupe House Jesuit Community, USAChapter Two: The Myth of the Diasporic Isiac-Family as Reflected in the Epigraphical Evidence Connected to the Delian Sarapeia - Elina Lapinoja-Pitkänen, University of Helsinki, FinlandChapter Three: Jesus, the Daimons and the Dead - Peter G. Bolt, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia Chapter Four: Jesus and the Archetypes: A Study of the Heroic Archetype - Adam Z. Wright, The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, USAChapter Five: Fiery Twins: James, John, and the Sons of Zeus - Jeff Pettis, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, USAChapter Six: Romulus, Roman Omens, and the Portents of the Birth and Passion of Jesus - Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University, USAChapter Seven: Learning Rhetoric at Tarsus: The Apostle Paul and His Use of Aristotelian Rhetoric - Alexa Wallace and Adam Z. Wright, The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, USAChapter Eight: Early Christian “Binding Spells”? The Formulas in 1 Cor 12:3 Read Against the Background of Ancient Curse Tablets - Susanne Luther, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsChapter Nine: Paul as the Originator of Women Teachers within Religious Circles - Chris S. Stevens, Independent ScholarChapter Ten: The Secret of the Hidden Cross: The Form, Meaning and Background of the Hellenistic Hymn Quoted in 1 Timothy 3:16 - Roy D. Kotansky, Independent ScholarChapter Eleven: “Out with the Christians … Our with the Epicureans!” Atheism and Constructing the Other in Antiquity - Richard A. Wright, Abilene Christian University, USAChapter Twelve: Jinn and the Myth of the Shepherd - Jonathan Poletti, Independent Scholar Index of AuthorsIndex of Primary Sources