Entangled Worlds: Religious Confluences between East and ...
Nagel, Svenja / Quack, Joachim Friedrich / Witschel, Christian
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 throughou...