Johan C. Thom, Ph.D. (1990) in New Testament and Early Christianity, University of Chicago, is Senior Lecturer in Greek at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published several articles on Pythagoreanism in the Greco-Roman period.

'This model work will be of great value to all students of greco-roman religions.'Birger A. Pearson, Religious Studies Review, 1995.'This is an admirable book.'P.W. van der Horst, Mnemosyne, 1996.

Johan C. Thom, Ph.D. (1990) in New Testament and Early Christianity, University of Chicago, is Senior Lecturer in Greek at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published several articles on Pythagoreanism in the Greco-Roman period.

'This model work will be of great value to all students of greco-roman religions.'Birger A. Pearson, Religious Studies Review, 1995.'This is an admirable book.'P.W. van der Horst, Mnemosyne, 1996.

Johan C. Thom, Ph.D. (1990) in New Testament and Early Christianity, University of Chicago, is Senior Lecturer in Greek at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published several articles on Pythagoreanism in the Greco-Roman period.

'This model work will be of great value to all students of greco-roman religions.'Birger A. Pearson, Religious Studies Review, 1995.'This is an admirable book.'P.W. van der Horst, Mnemosyne, 1996.