8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xvi - 231 pp. Brown paper with a faux leather finish over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and the front board. Volume 3 in the "Studies in Antiquity and Christianity" series from Fortress Press. The book "began as the dissertation for an interdiscip linary Ph.D at the University of California". It has been considerably revised. Five extensive appendices, 8 page bibliography and a 4 page index at the back. The book shows a trace of shelf wear to the spine tail, otherwise fine.