Entangled Worlds: Religious Confluences between East and West in the Roman Empire

The Cults of Isis, Mithras, and Jupiter Dolichenus
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-16-154730-0
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 564 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1240 g

Reihe: Orientalische Religionen in der Antike

This collective volume, originating from an interdisciplinary conference at Heidelberg University, deals with the expansion of the so-called oriental cults in the Roman Empire. The concept of `oriental cults' itself has come under discussion in recent years because it has been questioned whether the cults in question really formed a coherent group and to what degree they might be called `oriental' at all. This discussion is reflected throughout the papers of the volume which focus on the three cults of Isis (and Osiris), Mithras and Jupiter Dolichenus. Of special interest are the (alleged) origins of these cults in Egypt, Persia and Northern Syria, their expansion and adaptation within the Roman Empire (through some sort of `religious flows'), their linguistic and visual expressions as well as the architecture and decoration of sanctuaries and the rituals connected with them.
Contributors:Jaime Alvar, Michael Bloemer, Mihály Loránd Dészpa, Darius Frackowiak, Richard Gordon, Andreas Hensen, Kathrin Kleibl, Ralf Krumeich, Ian Moyer, Svenja Nagel, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Florence Saragoza, Martin Andreas Stadler, Julietta Steinhauer, Miguel John Versluys, Engelbert Winter, Christian Witschel

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagel, Svenja

Quack, Joachim Friedrich

Witschel, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gottesdienst, Riten und Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Witschel, Christian
Born 1966; studied ancient and modern history, prehistory and protohistory and classical archaeology; 1998 PhD; 2004 Habilitation; since 2005 full professor of ancient history at Heidelberg University.

Nagel, Svenja
Born 1984; studied Egyptology and Classical Archaeology; 2015 PhD; since 2017 post-doc researcher at the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg.

Quack, Joachim Friedrich
Geboren 1966; Studium von Ägyptologie, Semitistik, Biblischer Archäologie, Altorientalistik und Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Tübingen und Paris; 1990 Magister, 1993 Dr. phil., 2003 Habilitation an der FU Berlin; seit 2005 Professor für Ägyptologie an der Universität Heidelberg.

Born 1984; studied Egyptology and Classical Archaeology; 2015 PhD; since 2017 post-doc researcher at the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg.

Geboren 1966; Studium von Ägyptologie, Semitistik, Biblischer Archäologie, Altorientalistik und Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Tübingen und Paris; 1990 Magister, 1993 Dr. phil., 2003 Habilitation an der FU Berlin; seit 2005 Professor für Ägyptologie an der Universität Heidelberg.

Born 1966; studied ancient and modern history, prehistory and protohistory and classical archaeology; 1998 PhD; 2004 Habilitation; since 2005 full professor of ancient history at Heidelberg University.