[PDF.04ms] Emperor Worship and Roman Religion (Oxford Classical Monographs)

Emperor Worship and Roman Religion (Oxford Classical Monographs)

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 | #1886805 in Books |  2004-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.40 x.90 x8.40l,1.32 | File type: PDF | 428 pages

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||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Ambitious and Challenging|By Kevin Oliver|Following in the footsteps of Simon Price, Gradel undertakes a study of the Roman "imperial cult" on its own terms (i.e. free from the "Christianizing assumptions" that have burdened the subject for much of history). But whereas Price focuses chiefly on the practice of emperor worship in the Greek East, Gradel confines his study to th| ||"Gradel's work is eminently readable.... He impressively handles a wide range of evidence, deftly analyzing epigraphic, numismatic and archaeological data alongside literary testimonia."--Bryn Mawr Classical |||About the

While Roman religion worshipped a number of gods, one kind in particular aroused the fury of early Christians and the wonder of scholars: the cult of Roman emperors alive or dead. Was the divinity of emperors a glue that held the Empire together? Were rulers such as Julius Caesar and Caligula simply mad to expect such worship of themselves? Or was it rather a phenomenon which has only been rendered incomprehensible by modern and monotheistic ideas of what religion is--or...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Emperor Worship and Roman Religion (Oxford Classical Monographs)   |  Ittai Gradel. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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