The articles explore individual religious transformation in Antiquity, with a focus on initiation and conversion and their definitions, content and characteristics. They investigate different facets of these phenomena in a wide range of religions in their own context and from new theoretical and empirical perspectives.

The political and social changes that occurred with the transformation of the Roman Empire into a Roman Christian Empire called for new literary representations of the ideal Christian leader. In this struggle, the figure of Moses seemed suitable. The portrait of Moses as a political figure became the centre of interest during the 4th century.

The series "Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity" publishes The series "Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity" publishes studies that thematise early Christianity and its connections with the studies that thematise early Christianity and its connections with the religion(s) and culture(s) of antiquity and late antiquity. Special religion(s) and culture(s) of antiquity and late antiquity. Special attention is given to interactions betwen religion and culture, as well as attention is given to interactions between religion and culture, as well as to the influences that diverse religions and cults had on one another. to the influences that diverse religions and cults had on one another. Works extend chronologically from the second century B.C.E. to the fifth Works extend chronologically from the second century B.C.E. to the fifth century C.E. and geographically across the expanse of the Roman empire. century C.E. and geographically across the expanse of the Roman empire.