McCabe (Jewish studies, Hebrew Union College, Ohio) sets out the steps necessary to free the Isis cult from the dominion of archaeology, and link it with biblical text. She discusses the origin and institutionalization of the Isis cult, Isis in the Greco-Roman world, her relevance to New Testament studies, overlapping concepts in Pauline Christianity and the Isis cult, and Isis as a possible context for 1 Timothy. She has not indexed her work. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)