A a~ Near Eastern religiona (TM), along the lines of a~ Greek religiona (TM) or a~ Roman
religiona (TM), is hard to distinguish for the Classical period, since the religious cultures of�…

Any student of the religious life of a particular city or region in the Hellenistic and Roman
Near East is faced by a dilemma: how can one account for the application of comparative�…

The historical relationship between Greek religion and the ancient Near East is one that
scholars have pondered, investigated, and debated for many years. Approaches to the�…

The religions and cults of Asia Minor, Syrian, Persian and Egyptian origin, which were
present in the territory of the Central Balkan provinces during the period of the Roman reign�…

The main objective of the present study is to fill a gap in contemporary historiography of the
ancient religions by bringing to the knowledge of scientific circles the numerous relics that�…

The Syro-Phoenician religions mostly did not use images. In this area, the divinity was rather
represented by a rock or a wooden pole: these are the idols of wood and stone against�…

Among the many popular 'first achievements' in human history accomplished y the
Mesopotamian civilizationsǰ has there ever een something like a 'cult centralization in the�…

Regionalism was a defining feature of Greek society in all periods of antiquity. The
implications of this regionalism for the history of religion are crucial: No two areas of the�…

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This article reviews recent literature in the field of Greek religion from approximately 800 to
150 bce. It notes the long-standing connections between the study of Greek religion and the�…