In this book, published on the occasion of Pieter W. van der Horst's 60th birthday and his retirement from Utrecht University, the author presents a selection of 30 essays on the religious and cultural milieu of early Christianity. The focus is especially on Jewish culture in the centuries around the turn of the era in its interaction with Hellenistic culture. The book also contains various studies on translation problems in the New Testament in the light of Greek philology, on the Samaritan world in its conflict with Judaism, on beliefs and usages in the pagan Hellenistic world and on a variety of patristic documents.weiterlesen