Peter Wick, Ph.D. (1993, Basel), is Professor in New Testament Studies and the History of Early Christianity at the University of Bochum (Germany). He has published a number of books and articles, including Die urchristlichen Gottesdienste (Kohlhammer, 2002).Volker Rabens, Ph.D. (2008, London), is postdoctoral researcher in New Testament Studies at the University of Jena (Germany). He has authored numerous publications relating to Biblical Studies, including The Holy Spirit and Ethics in Paul (Mohr Siebeck, 2010).

• - Preface- List of Contributors- List of Illustrations“Trading Religions”: Foundational and Introductory MattersPeter Wick & Volker Rabens- PROGRAMMATIC ESSAYWith the Grain Came the Gods from the Orient to Rome: The Example of Serapis and Some Systematic Reflections - Christoph Auffarth- PART ONE: TRADE AND THE TOPOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS SPACELocalizing the Buddha’s Presence at Wayside Shrines in Northern Pakistan - Jason NeelisWhen the Greeks Converted the Buddha: Asymmetrical Transfers of Knowledge in Indo-Greek Cultures - Georgios HalkiasThe Buddhakṣetra of Bodhgaya: Saṅgha, Exchanges and Trade-Networks - Abhishek Singh Amar- PART TWO: TRADE AND RELIGIOUS SYMBOL SYSTEMSTrading Religions” and “Visible Religion” in the Ancient Near East - Izak CorneliusTrading the Symbols of the Goddess Nanaya - Joan Goodnick Westenholz“Trading Religions” from Bronze Age Iran to Bactria - Sylvia Winkelmann- PART THREE: TRADE AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGEFrom World Religion to World Dominion: Trading, Translation and Institution-building in Tibet - Michael WillisReligious Transformation between East and West: Hanukkah in the Babylonian Talmud and Zoroastrianism - Geoffrey HermanSharing the Concept of God among Trading Prophets: Reading the Poems Attributed to Umayya b. Abī Ṣalt - Al Makin- PART FOUR: TRADE AND RELIGIOUS-ETHICAL WAYS OF LIFETrading Institutions: The Design of Daoist Monasticism - Livia KohnPhilo’s Attractive Ethics on the “Religious Market” of Ancient Alexandria Volker RabensTraveling Ethics: The Case of the Household Codes in Ephesians 5:21–6:9 in Cross-Cultural Perspective - Loren T. Stuckenbruck- Index

"the essays in this collection treat an extremely diverse range of topics, and the effort to tie them together through the theme of religion and trade often feels somewhat forced. [..] Thus, while the individual contributions generally appear to be of a high scholarly standard, their attraction will perhaps be more disciplinary than thematic" - Richard Foltz, Concordia University Montréal, in: Entangled Religions 3 (2016), 70-73