Entangled Worlds: Religious Confluences between East and West in the Roman Empire

Svenja Nagel (Herausgegeben von) Born 1984; studied Egyptology and Classical Archaeology; 2015 PhD; since 2017 post-doc researcher at the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg.Joachim Friedrich Quack (Herausgegeben von) Born 1966; studied Egyptology, Semitic Studies, Biblical Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Pre- and Early History in Tübingen and Paris; 1990 Magister; 1993 Dr. phil.; 2003 Habilitation at the FU Berlin; Professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg.Christian Witschel (Herausgegeben von) Born 1966; studied ancient and modern history, prehistory and protohistory and classical archaeology; 1998 PhD; 2004 Habilitation; since 2005 full professor of ancient history at Heidelberg University.

• Joachim Friedrich Quack/Christian Witschel: Introduction: Religious Confluences in the Roman Empire; or: Why 'Oriental Cults' Again?I. The Concept of 'Oriental Cults' in Recent DebatesJaime Alvar: The 'Romanisation' of 'Oriental Cults' - Julietta Steinhauer: Osiris mystes und Isis orgia - Gab es 'Mysterien' der ägyptischen Gottheiten?II. Origins and Diffusion of 'Oriental Cults' within the Imperium Romanum: The Case of Iuppiter DolichenusEngelbert Winter: The Cult of Iupiter Dolichenus and its Origins. The Sanctuary at Dülük Baba Tepesi near Doliche - Michael Bloemer: The Cult of Iupiter Dolichenus in the East - Mihály Loránd Dészpa: Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolichenus and the Re-Imagination of the Empire: Religious Dynamics, Social Integration, and Imperial NarrativesIII. Expanding from Egypt into Globality: The Case of Isis and OsirisIan Moyer: The Hymns of Isidorus at Medinet Madi: Global Currents in a Local Context - Svenja Nagel: One for All and All for One? Isis as una quae es(t) omnia in the Egyptian Temples of the Graeco-Roman Period - Martin Andreas Stadler: New Light on the Universality of Isis (pVienna D. 6297+6329+10101) - Joachim Friedrich Quack: Resting in Pieces and Integrating the Oikoumene. On the Mental Expansion of the Religious Landscape by Means of the Body Parts of OsirisIV. The Visual Conceptualization of 'Oriental Gods'Miguel John Versluys: Egypt as Part of the Roman Koine: a Study in Mnemohistory - Darius Frackowiak: Mithräische Bilderwelten. Eine Untersuchung zu ausgewählten ikonographischen Elementen im römischen Mithraskult - Ralf Krumeich: Zwischen Orient und Okzident. Bilder des Jupiter Dolichenus und der Juno Regina aus dem Osten und Westen des Römischen ReichesV. Changing Forms of Sacred Space, Sanctuaries and RitualsKathrin Kleibl: An Audience in Search of a Theatre - The Staging of the Divine in Sanctuaries of Graeco-Egyptian Gods - Florence Saragoza: Exploring Walls: On Sacred Space in the Pompeian Iseum - Andreas Hensen: Spelaea et templa Mithrae. Unity and Diversity in Topography, Architecture and Design of Sanctuaries in the Cult of Mithras - Richard Gordon: From East to West: Staging Religious Experience in the Mithraic Temple