Introduction: what you can see when you stop looking for what isn't there -- Religio without "religion" -- The Ciceronian turn -- Preface to Tertullian -- Segregated by a perfect fear -- Segregated by a perfect fear. the terrible war band of the anti-emperor: the Coniuratio and the Sacrementum -- Governed by a perfect fear -- Precarious integration. managing the fears of the Romans: Tertullian on tenterhooks -- Imagine no Thrēskeia: the task of the untranslator -- The Thrēskeia of the Judaeans: Josephus and the New Testament -- Josephus without Judaism: Nomos, Eusebeia, Thrēskeia -- A Jewish actor in the audience: Josephan doublespeak -- A glance at the future: Thrēskeia and literature of apologetic, first to third centuries C.E. -- Conclusion: what you can find when you stop looking for what isn't there.
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