Religion in the First Christian Centuries Series Editor: Deborah Sawyer, University of Lancaster, John Sawyer, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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This series surveys particular themes in the history of religion across the different religions of antiquity. It sets up comparisons and contrasts, and discontinuities, and thus reaches a profounder understanding of the religious experience in the ancient world.

Topics covered include:

• women
• sacred languages and sacred texts
• ritual and sacrifice
• purity.

The Crucible of Christian Morality Pb | Hb
J. Ian H. McDonald

Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries Pb | Hb
Deborah F. Sawyer

Sacred Languages, Sacred Texts Pb | Hb
John Sawyer

Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity Pb | Hb
Jon Davies

Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World Philosophers, Jews and Christians Pb | Hb
Greg Snyder