PrefaceList of TablesList of FiguresIntroductionChapter 1. Baths and Bathing in Rome and Roman East1.1. Origins of Baths in the Roman World1.2. Specifications of Bathing the Roman Way1.3. Architecture and Design of a Roman Bathhouse1.

4. Functions of a Roman Bathhouse1.5. General Scholarship on Roman Baths and Bathing1.6. Scholarship on Bathhouses in the Roman East1.7. The Roman East versus the Roman West1.

8. Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia - Summary of Current Knowledge1.9. Specific Elements and Function of Bathhouses in Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia ArabiaChapter 2. Bathing Complexes in Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia2.1. The Mediterranean Coast2.2.

Galilee2.3. The Decapolis2.4. Provincia Arabia and the Nabataean Kingdom2.5. Judea and Samaria2.6.

The Negev and Wadi ArabaChapter 3. Analysis of Bathhouses of Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia3.1. Chronology3.2. Settings and Users3.3. Layouts and Dimensions3.

4. Elements of Bathing Complexes3.5. Building Materials and Techniques3.6. Portable Finds, Inscriptions, and Reuse of BathhousesChapter 4. Conclusions4.1.

History of Bathhouses in Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia4.2. Bathhouses and Regional Diversity4.3. Regional Bathhouses in the Context of the Roman Empire4.4. The Region and Its Peoples - Contribution of Bathhouses4.5.

Future Research DirectionsBibliographyGlossary.