History of religions, especially of Manichaeism and Christianity, in Central Asia and China; history of Late Roman and Early Byzantine Near East; history of the Silk Road
Early Christianity, Gnosticism, Manichaeism, Judaism and the history of religions in late antiquity. Historiography of religion and the emergence and development of the comparative study of religion in modern times
Cultural, religious and social history of Late Antiquity and Byzantium
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