Table of Contents

Introduction
Towards Monotheism
Monotheism and Pagan Philosophy
Monotheism in the Gnostic Tradition
The Cult of Theos Hypsistos
The Chaldean Oracles
The Speech of Praetextatus

Reviews

`Review from previous edition ... essential reading to any student of antiquity: patristic scholars and philosophers of God alike.'
Journal of Early Christian Studies
`What this book demonstrates ... is the plain absurdity of equating paganism with polytheism. ... It will henceforth be the fundamental study of this difficult but fascinating subject.'
Times Literary Supplement
`... sure to become a seminal work ... of interest to scholars, college students, and the general reader interested in theology.'
History
Chosen by George Steiner as his best book of 2000 in the Times Literary Supplement