TY - BOOK AU - Finn,Thomas Macy TI - From death to rebirth: ritual and conversion in antiquity SN - 0809136899 U1 - 291.42 21 PY - 1997/// CY - New Jersey PB - Paulist Press KW - Conversión KW - Cristianismo KW - Historia de las doctrinas KW - la iglesia primitiva, ca. 30-600 KW - Estudios comparativos KW - Judaísmo KW - Roma KW - Religión N1 - Incluye bibliografía; Conversion: the lineage of a word. -Greco-Roman paganism: some characteristics. -Conversion in paganism. -Conversion in ancient judaism: the second-temple period. -Conversion in the rabbinic period. -Conversion in eraliest christianity. -The third century. -Thefourth century: conversion in Jerusalem. -THe fourth century: conversion in Milan. -Conclusion; SEG42; SEG41; SEG40; SEG39; P94; P87; P86; P85; P77; P76; P35 ER -