In the web of cultural processes of late antiquity ablution rites and initiation rites were performed in different forms and in different contexts. Such rites e

The present volume is the result of an international collaboration of researchers who are excellent within their respective fields: interpretation of texts, stu

The present volumes is the result of an international collaboration of researchers who are excellent within their respective fields: interpretation of texts, st

The present volumes is the result of an international collaboration of researchers who are excellent within their respective fields: interpretation of texts, st

This reissue of J. D. C. Fisher's classic work introduces the reader to primary sources that led the author to the theory of disintegration of the primitive rit