"January 2004" / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 296-333) / viii, 333 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / An interpretative examination of one aspect of Greco-Roman social history, namely activities involving the supernatural in Palestine and Syria in the fourth century. Highlights the role that the supernatural could play in people's daily lives, and the intricate association of the preternatural with the social environment that accomodated it. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, Centre for European Studies and General Linguistics, Discipline of Classics, 2004