Guy G. Stroumsa

The End of Sacrifice

Religious Transformations in Late Antiquity

The religious transformations that marked late antiquity represent an enigma that has challenged some of the West's greatest thinkers. But, according ...

The Making of the Abrahamic Religions in Late Antiquity

This book presents how ancient Christianity must be understood from the viewpoint of the history of religions in late antiquity. The continuation of b...

Another Seed

Studies in Gnostic Mythology

Preliminary Material /Gedaliahu A.G. Stroumsa --Gnostic Mythology and the Sethian Myth /Gedaliahu A.G. Stroumsa --From Origin of Evil to Origin of Rig...

The Idea of Semitic Monotheism

The Rise and Fall of a Scholarly Myth

The Idea of Semitic Monotheism examines some major aspects of the scholarly study of religion in the long nineteenth century—from the Enlightenment ...

A New Science

The Discovery of Religion in the Age of Reason

Guy Stroumsa offers an innovative and powerful argument that the comparative study of religion finds its origin in early modern Europe. --from publish...

Hidden Wisdom

Esoteric Traditions And The Roots Of Christian Mysticism

This book investigates the problem of esoteric traditions in early Christianity, their origin and their transformation in Patristic hermeneutics, in t...

The Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity

Perhaps more than any other cause, the passage of texts from scroll to codex in late antiquity converted the Roman Empire from paganism to Christianit...

The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions

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Another Seed, Studies in Gnostic Mythology

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Stroumsa on Religions in the Ancient World

This volume draws together Guy Stroumsa's important writings over the last thirty years on religious traditions in Late Antiquity. The papers deal wit...

The Crucible of Religion in Late Antiquity

Selected Essays

The religious revolution of late antiquity and its intertwined religious history are reflected in a broad array of new forms of religious belief and p...

The Crucible of Religion in Late Antiquity

Selected Essays

The religious revolution of late antiquity and its intertwined religious history are reflected in a broad array of new forms of religious belief and p...

Religion as Intellectual Challenge in the Long Twentieth Century

Selected Essays

At the dawn of the twentieth century, many leading European intellectuals, perceiving that religion was in rapid decline in their secularizing societi...

Religion as Intellectual Challenge in the Long Twentieth Century

Selected Essays

At the dawn of the twentieth century, many leading European intellectuals, perceiving that religion was in rapid decline in their secularizing societi...

Miracle and Mission

The Authentication of Missionaries and Their Message in the Longer Ending of Mark

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