Ted Kaizer, MA (Leiden, 1995), DPhil (Oxford, 2000), is Lecturer in Roman Culture and History at the University of Durham. He is the author of The Religious Life of Palmyra (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002).Contributors include: Julien Aliquot, Lucinda Dirven, Milette Gaifman, Peter Haider, Ted Kaizer, Jonathan Kirkpatrick, Achim Lichtenberger, Arthur Segal, and Jürgen Tubach

• AcknowledgementsList of contributorsAbbreviations List of platesTed KaizerIntroductionMilette GaifmanThe aniconic image of the Roman Near EastJulien AliquotSanctuaries and villages on Mt Hermon during the Roman period Arthur SegalReligious architecture in the Roman Near East: temples of the basalt lands (Trachon and Hauran)Achim LichtenbergerArtemis and Zeus Olympios in Roman Gerasa and Seleucid religious policy Jonathan KirkpatrickHow to be a bad Samaritan: the local cult of Mt Gerizim Ted KaizerMan and god at Palmyra: sacrifice, lectisternia and banquets Peter HaiderTradition and change in the beliefs at Assur, Nineveh and Nisibis between 300 BC and AD 300Lucinda DirvenAspects of Hatrene religion: a note on the statues of kings and nobles from HatraJürgen TubachEphraem Syrus and the solar cult Bibliography Indices - index locorum- general indexPlate section

Ted Kaizer, MA (Leiden, 1995), DPhil (Oxford, 2000), is Lecturer in Roman Culture and History at the University of Durham. He is the author of The Religious Life of Palmyra (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002).Contributors include: Julien Aliquot, Lucinda Dirven, Milette Gaifman, Peter Haider, Ted Kaizer, Jonathan Kirkpatrick, Achim Lichtenberger, Arthur Segal, and Jürgen Tubach

• AcknowledgementsList of contributorsAbbreviations List of platesTed KaizerIntroductionMilette GaifmanThe aniconic image of the Roman Near EastJulien AliquotSanctuaries and villages on Mt Hermon during the Roman period Arthur SegalReligious architecture in the Roman Near East: temples of the basalt lands (Trachon and Hauran)Achim LichtenbergerArtemis and Zeus Olympios in Roman Gerasa and Seleucid religious policy Jonathan KirkpatrickHow to be a bad Samaritan: the local cult of Mt Gerizim Ted KaizerMan and god at Palmyra: sacrifice, lectisternia and banquets Peter HaiderTradition and change in the beliefs at Assur, Nineveh and Nisibis between 300 BC and AD 300Lucinda DirvenAspects of Hatrene religion: a note on the statues of kings and nobles from HatraJürgen TubachEphraem Syrus and the solar cult Bibliography Indices - index locorum- general indexPlate section

Ted Kaizer, MA (Leiden, 1995), DPhil (Oxford, 2000), is Lecturer in Roman Culture and History at the University of Durham. He is the author of The Religious Life of Palmyra (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002).Contributors include: Julien Aliquot, Lucinda Dirven, Milette Gaifman, Peter Haider, Ted Kaizer, Jonathan Kirkpatrick, Achim Lichtenberger, Arthur Segal, and Jürgen Tubach

• AcknowledgementsList of contributorsAbbreviations List of platesTed KaizerIntroductionMilette GaifmanThe aniconic image of the Roman Near EastJulien AliquotSanctuaries and villages on Mt Hermon during the Roman period Arthur SegalReligious architecture in the Roman Near East: temples of the basalt lands (Trachon and Hauran)Achim LichtenbergerArtemis and Zeus Olympios in Roman Gerasa and Seleucid religious policy Jonathan KirkpatrickHow to be a bad Samaritan: the local cult of Mt Gerizim Ted KaizerMan and god at Palmyra: sacrifice, lectisternia and banquets Peter HaiderTradition and change in the beliefs at Assur, Nineveh and Nisibis between 300 BC and AD 300Lucinda DirvenAspects of Hatrene religion: a note on the statues of kings and nobles from HatraJürgen TubachEphraem Syrus and the solar cult Bibliography Indices - index locorum- general indexPlate section