Romanising oriental Gods : myth, salvation, and ethics in the cults of Cybele, Isis, and Mithras /

The traditional grand narrative correlating the decline of Graeco-Roman religion with the rise of Christianity has been under pressure for three decades. This book argues that the alternative accounts now emerging significantly underestimate the role of three major cults, of Cybele and Attis, Isis a...

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Main Author: Alvar Ezquerra, Jaime.

Other Authors: Gordon, R. L.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : Brill, 2008.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 165.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

Subjects:

Isis > (Egyptian deity) > Cult.

Cybele (Goddess) > Cult.

Serapis (Egyptian deity) > Cult.