Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity. By Luke Timothy Johnson. The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2009. x + 461 pp. $32.50 cloth; $22.00 paper.

摘要

In this new work, Luke Timothy Johnson links pervasive religious forms in thenGreco-Roman city with features of the early Christian movement. He spotlightsnfour basic complexes in Greco-Roman religion and demonstrates that althoughnthe proportions vary a great deal, all four also appear in early Christianity if thenConstantinian period is included.