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

doi:10.1628/978-3-16-154731-7

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

The Cults of Isis, Mithras, and Jupiter Dolichenus

Edited by Svenja Nagel, Joachim Friedrich Quack and Christian Witschel

[Verwobene Welten: Religiöse Zusammenflüsse zwischen Ost und West im Römischen Reich. Die Kulte von Isis, Mithras und Iupiter Dolichenus.]

2017. X, 564 pages.

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike (ORA) 22

DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-154731-7

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Did the so-called 'oriental cults' form a coherent group? And can they be called 'oriental' at all? This collective volume, originating from an interdisciplinary conference at Heidelberg University, answers these questions and deals with their expansion in the Roman Empire, focusing on the three cults of Isis (and Osiris), Mithras and Jupiter Dolichenus.

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Joachim Friedrich Quack Born 1966; studied Egyptology, Semitic Studies, Biblical Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Pre- and Early History in Tübingen and Paris; 1990 Magister; 1993 Dr. phil.; 2003 Habilitation at the FU Berlin; Professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg.

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Christian Witschel 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.

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