Celsus, Chaldean Oracles and Roman diversity in the Imperial era

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How does what we know about the changing demographics of Imperial Rome inform our understanding of the rise of Christianity within it, the importance of the Chaldean oracles as a "bible" for neoplatonists and the apparent ignorance of pagan theology displayed by Saint Paul when he delivered a sermon at the Areopagus in Athens? I am going to chat about this in tonight's Jive Talk. The first half hour is public and the second part will be available only for patrons at one of the following two websites: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/survivethejive Subscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/survive-the-jive Other links: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/survivethejive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurviveTheJive Twitter: https://twitter.com/SurvivetheJive Buy my Xmas book: https://shop.smiletitans.com/product/the-spirit-of-yule Roman DNA: http://survivethejive.blogspot.com/2019/11/ancient-roman-dna.html