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Isis on the Nile. Egyptian Gods in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt: Proceedings of the IVth International Conference of Isis Studies, Liège, November 27-29 2008; Michel Malaise in honorem

By Laurent Bricault , Miguel John Versluys

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2010
ISBN
9004188827, 9789004188822
ISSN
0927-7633
Google Books ID
HePH8CKwArEC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6567555 bytes)
Series
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 171
Pages
xxviii+364\395
Topic
Religion
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-04-05 00:37:56

Description

The diffusion of the cults of Isis is recently again intensively studied. Research on this fascinating phenomenon has traditionally been characterised by its focus on L'Égypte hors d'Égypte, while developments in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt itself were often seen as belonging to a different domain. This volume tries to overcome that unhealthy dichotomy by studying the cults of Isis in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt itself in relation to developments in the Mediterranean at large. The book not only presents an overview of the most important deities, often based on new or unpublished material, but also pays ample attention to the cultural processes behind Isis on Nile, like relations between style and identity, religious choice, social- and cultural memory and Egypt s view of its own past.

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