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Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Series

This series delves into the intricate tapestry of religious life within the Greco-Roman world. It examines how faith shaped societies and cultures between approximately 400 BCE and 700 CE. The studies explore interactions among pagan cults, Judaism, early Christianity, and Islam. Special focus is placed on regional and urban religious histories that exemplify these dynamic processes.

Manichaeism in Mesopotamia and the Roman east
The imperial cult in the Latin West
Hierà kalá
Etudes sur les hymnes orphiques
Rabbinisme Et Paganisme En Palestine Romaine
Kykeon

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  • Kykeon

    • 258 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
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    A collection of papers with new insights on ancient religion, read at a colloquium in honour of Professor H.S. Versnel ("Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion"). The contributions, presented by nine leading scholars in the field, cover many areas of the religious experience of the Greeks and Romans: myth and ritual (W. Burkert), the gods (F. Zeitlin), cult, festivals, sacrifice. Several papers consider methodological problems and the progress of scholarship; they highlight the contribution of H.S. Versnel to the field. The papers are based on a wide range of sources: pagan and Christian, literary and epigraphical and iconographical. The collection will fascinate all scholars interested in ancient religion, whether they study malign magic, the Imperial cult or general theory.

    Kykeon

  • Rabbinisme Et Paganisme En Palestine Romaine

    • 447 pages
    • 16 hours of reading

    This study explores the understanding of paganism by Palestinian Rabbis during the Mishna and Talmud periods. It reveals their extensive knowledge of various pagan cults, challenging common perceptions. The work is scholarly yet accessible, making it significant for historians, archaeologists, and Rabbinic text scholars.

    Rabbinisme Et Paganisme En Palestine Romaine

  • The imperial cult in the Latin West

    • 242 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
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    Open worship of the Roman Emperor with sacrifice, priests, altar and temple was in theory contrary to official policy in Rome. The cult of the living emperor by less direct means, however, might be achieved in various the offering of cult to his companion genius or the divine numen immanent within him; the elevation of the Imperial house to a level at which it became godlike; the formal placing of the emperor on a par with the gods by making dedications to him ut deo ; the conversion of divinities of every kind into Augustan gods that served as the Emperor's helper and protector; the creation of Augustan Blessings and Virtues that personified the qualities and benefactions of the emperor.Volume II, 2 completes the preliminary set of studies with a select bibliography, indexes and corrigenda to Vols. I, 1-2 and II, 1.

    The imperial cult in the Latin West