to the apostle Paul's own presentation of his travel hardships, descriptions which call into question Luke's heroic portrait of Paul's missionary travels. Paul's activities need to be read in light of the precariousness of his apostolic position and the contingency of his travel, rather than subsuming all of Paul's travel under the rubric of sustained and conscious ''mission.'' James B. Rives' chapter, ''Roman Translation: Tacitus and Ethnographic Interpretation'', encompasses the third motive for traveling, ''Encountering Foreign Cultures.'' Challenging the opinion that Roman identification of deities from different cultures with their own gods constituted strict cultural imperialism, Rives reflects on the ways Greek and Roman travelers encountered and interpreted foreign deities. He convincingly posits that translation from one culture to another was fluid, multiform, and rarely ever straightforward.The fourth section of the book encompasses issues of migration, and here Jack N. Lightstone's article, ''Migration and the Emergence of Greco-Roman Diaspora Judaism,'' explores relationships between travel and migration on the one hand, and the emergence and persistence of Greco-Roman diaspora Judaism on the other. Examining rabbinic, non-rabbinic, and inscriptional evidence, Lightstone documents how trade, travel, communication, and pilgrimage all played roles in the emergence of a shared model constituting Greco-Roman diaspora Judaism.The final two chapters fall under the rubric ''Making a Living.'' Michele Murray's contribution, ''Religion and the Nomadic Lifestyle: The Nabateans,'' delves into the semi-nomadic lifestyle of the Nabateans, establishing ways in which their travels were reflected in religious behavior. Not only was there exchange of traditions and styles with the foreign cultures encountered, but itinerancy was also reflected in specific Nabatean customs. Lincoln H. Blumell's chapter, ''Christians on the Move in Late Antique Oxyrhynchus,'' contests the dominant picture of Christian travel in late antiquity as revolving predominantly around religious issues. Studying Christian letters from Oxyrhynchus, the image that emerges is of Christian travel for secular purposes, be it for work, social, or legal reasons, thereby contextualizing Christian mobility in late antiquity.Each contribution offers unique insight into the interplay of mobility and religious expression, covering both wide geographical and temporal scopes. This collection offers a wealth of information for continued conversations pertaining to religion and travel. The chapters presented here are an initial foray into the world of ancient travel, and this volume sets the bar high for future studies.