An invitation from the god Sarapis: Banqueting with the gods
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An invitation from the god Sarapis: Banqueting with the gods
Category Archives: Greco-Roman religions and culture
Associations of Immigrants: Thracians and the goddess Bendis near Athens
Associations of Immigrants: Thracians and the goddess Bendis near Athens
‘Come! Plunge the knife into the baby’: Tertullian’s not-so-subtle retort
‘Come! Plunge the knife into the baby’: Tertullian’s not-so-subtle retort
Bandits and their wild banquets: Lapiths and Centaurs
Bandits and their wild banquets: Lapiths and Centaurs
Banqueting under the protection of your gods
Banqueting under the protection of your gods
Banquets of the anti-associations: “They sacrificed a human being and partook of the flesh”
Banquets of the anti-associations: “They sacrificed a human being and partook of the flesh”
Beate Dignas, Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (2002)
Beate Dignas, Economy of the Sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor (2002)
Breaking news: Early Christians were impious atheists . . . (NT 3.2)
Breaking news: Early Christians were impious atheists . . . (NT 3.2)
Consulting the gods about your favourite blanket
Consulting the gods about your favourite blanket
Contexts of early Christianity (NT 3.1)
Contexts of early Christianity (NT 3.1)
For the gods of the homeland: Immigrants from Beirut on a Greek island
For the gods of the homeland: Immigrants from Beirut on a Greek island
Golden rule: Do unto others according to the “pagans”
Golden rule: Do unto others according to the “pagans”
Greco-Roman deities: Artemis of Ephesus 1
Greco-Roman deities: Artemis of Ephesus 1
Greco-Roman deities: Artemis of Ephesus 2
Greco-Roman deities: Artemis of Ephesus 2
Greco-Roman deities: Artemis of Ephesus 3
Greco-Roman deities: Artemis of Ephesus 3
Human sacrifice and cannibalism again — oh, and sexual perversion too
Human sacrifice and cannibalism again — oh, and sexual perversion too
Multiple memberships in the world of the early Christians
Multiple memberships in the world of the early Christians
Oenomaus of Gadara on Detection of Deceivers and on Divination
Oenomaus of Gadara on Detection of Deceivers and on Divination
On Sexual Indulgence: Paul and contemporaries like Musonius Rufus
On Sexual Indulgence: Paul and contemporaries like Musonius Rufus
Paintings of Pompeii 1: Villa of the Mysteries of Dionysos (Villa Item)
Paintings of Pompeii 1: Villa of the Mysteries of Dionysos (Villa Item)
Pompeii 2: Rivalries among associations and a riot at Pompeii
Pompeii 2: Rivalries among associations and a riot at Pompeii
Sophia’s mistake: The Sophia of Jesus Christ and Eugnostos (NT Apocrypha 16)
Sophia’s mistake: The Sophia of Jesus Christ and Eugnostos (NT Apocrypha 16)
Sophia’s repentance: The Apocryphon of John (NT Apocrypha 20)
Sophia’s repentance: The Apocryphon of John (NT Apocrypha 20)
The anti-imperial Paul “coalition” — John Barclay’s response to N.T. Wright
The anti-imperial Paul “coalition” — John Barclay’s response to N.T. Wright
Thessalos’ travels and his “magical” cures
Thessalos’ travels and his “magical” cures
Those other (“pagan”) synagogues
Those other (“pagan”) synagogues
Was Paul a man of his time?: Contemporaries on the treatment of slaves (NT 2.11)
Was Paul a man of his time?: Contemporaries on the treatment of slaves (NT 2.11)
Where do you want to go?
Worshiping the Beast / Honouring the Emperor
Worshiping the Beast / Honouring the Emperor