This valuable collection of thirteen studies provides an overview of recent research on central issues concerning the history of late antique Gaza. Several essays address various aspects of the continuity of pagan culture in Christian Gaza, festivals, spectacles, and the classical legacy of the fifth and sixth centuries, thus highlighting the

Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony is Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her work includes Encountering the Sacred: The Debate on Christian Pilgrimage in Late Antiquity (California University Press, 2004)
Aryeh Kofsky is Senior Lecturer of Comparative Religion in the Department of Land of Israel Studies, University of Haifa. His work includes Eusebius of Caesarea Against Paganism (Brill, 2000), and The Nusayri-Alawi Religion: An Enquiry into Its Theology and Liturgy (Brill, 2002) with M. Bar-Asher.