Voluntary associations in the Graeco-Roman world / edited by John S. Kloppenborg and Stephen G. Wilson.

London : Routledge, 1996.

xvii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Dillons

Voluntary associations : an overview / S.G. Wilson.--Collegia and 'thiasoi' : issues in function, taxonomy, and membership / John S. Kloppenborg.--Philosophiai : Graeco-Roman, Judean and Christian / Steve N. Mason.--Ekklesia and voluntary associations / Wayne O. McCready.--The Collegia and Roman law : state restrictions on voluntary associations, 64 BCE-200 CE / Wendy Cotter.--Early synagogues as collegia in the diaspora and Palestine / Peter Richardson.--Philo and the clubs and associations of Alexandria / Torrey Seland.--Graeco-Roman voluntary associations and the Damascus document : a sociological analysis / Sandra Walker-Ramisch.--Voluntary association and networks : Aelius Aristides at the Asclepieion in Pergamum / Harold Remus.--The mysteries of Mithras / Roger Beck.--The place of cult in voluntary associations and Christian churches on Delos / B. Hudson McLean.--Jewish voluntary associations in Egypt and the roles of women / Peter Richardson and Valerie Heuchan.--Evidence for women in the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Eileen Schuller.--Where women sat in ancient synagogues : the archaeological evidence in context / Sharon Lea Mattila

Includes bibliographies and indexes