Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The network approach; 2. Networks and religion in the Roman world; 3. Jupiter Dolichenus: military networks on the edges of empire; 4. The Jewish Diaspora in the West: the rabbinic reforms, ethnicity and the (re?)activation of Jewish identity; 5. Theos Hypsistos: God-fearers, the rabbinic reforms, the fiscus Judaicus and the redefinition of the Jewish-gentile relationship; 6. Religion and social networks in archaeology and ancient history: conclusions.

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Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.

About the Author

Anna Collar is a Fellow of the McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge and has published articles in the Mediterranean Historical Review, Asia Minor Studien, Iuppiter Dolichenus (Habelt), and Network Analysis and Archaeology.

Reviews

'Particularly engaging.' History Today