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Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity

by Kyle Smith (Author)
October 2024
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Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature

by Mira Balberg (Author)
May 2024
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Being Christian in Vandal Africa by Robin Whelan

Being Christian in Vandal Africa: The Politics of Orthodoxy in the Post-Imperial West

by Robin Whelan (Author)
May 2024
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The Consuming Fire, Hebrew Edition by Liane M. Feldman

The Consuming Fire, Hebrew Edition: The Complete Priestly Source, from Creation to the Promised Land

by Liane M. Feldman (Author)
May 2024
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Ritual Boundaries: Magic and Differentiation in Late Antique Christianity

by Joseph E. Sanzo (Author)
April 2024
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Life: The Natural History of an Early Christian Universe

by Catherine Michael Chin (Author)
March 2024
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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up

by Mary Beard (Author)
March 2024
Paperback $18.95, £15.99

Emperors and Rhetoricians by Moysés Marcos

Emperors and Rhetoricians: Panegyric, Communication, and Power in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire

by Moysés Marcos (Author)
December 2023
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Aspects of Kinship in Ancient Iran

by D. T. Potts (Author)
October 2023
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Trans Talmud: Androgynes and Eunuchs in Rabbinic Literature

by Max K. Strassfeld (Author)
October 2023
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Those for Whom the Lamp Shines by Vince L. Bantu

Those for Whom the Lamp Shines: The Making of Egyptian Ethnic Identity in Late Antiquity

by Vince L. Bantu (Author)
September 2023
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Religion in Roman Phrygia by Robert Parker

Religion in Roman Phrygia: From Polytheism to Christianity

by Robert Parker (Author)
September 2023
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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE) by Kristi Upson-Saia, Heidi Marx, Jared Secord

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE): A Sourcebook

by Kristi Upson-Saia (Author), Heidi Marx (Author), Jared Secord (Author)
June 2023
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