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Review: Death and Afterlife in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature, by Pau Figueras 《评论:古代犹太和基督教文学中的死亡和来世》，保罗·菲格拉斯著

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.2.270

J. Gillman

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Restoring “Syncretism” in the History of Christianity 恢复基督教史上的“融合”

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.1525/SLA.2021.5.1.128

D. Frankfurter

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Transforming Textuality 转型时期

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.1525/SLA.2021.5.1.6

J. Coogan

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Writing Edessa into the Roman Empire* 将埃德萨写入罗马帝国*

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.1525/SLA.2021.5.1.28

John P. Kee

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A Roman Military Prison at Lambaesis 兰巴西斯的罗马军事监狱

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.1525/SLA.2021.5.1.65

Mark Letteney, M. Larsen

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Time in Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History 优西比乌斯教会史中的时间

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.4.580

David J. DeVore

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Review: The Jiankang Empire in Chinese and World History, by Andrew Chittick 评论:中国和世界历史上的建康帝国，安德鲁·奇蒂克著

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.4.678

Graham Chamness

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Review: Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium, by Anthony Kaldellis 书评:《罗马:拜占庭的种族与帝国》，安东尼·卡尔德利斯著

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.4.684

A. Johnson

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Being in a Place 在一个地方

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.4.475

E. Digeser