The papers assembled in this selection of studies range in subject
matter from early Judaic magic to an inscribed monument of the
Neo-Classical period. The principal emphasis of the collection is
nevertheless on religious developments under the High Roman Empire:
problems arising from the interpretation of oriental cults imported
from the Hellenistic East but primarily the development of imperial
cult, the one universal religion of the empire before the coming of
Christianity. The essays divide into five categories: Divinity and
Power; The Imperial Numen; The Imperial Cult: Review and
Discussion; Rituals and Ceremonies; Ainigmata. The titles of the
individual articles speak for themselves but readers may also find
the preface of interest in so far as it sets out the author's ideas
on the controversial nature of the emperor's divinity. While this
is a topic deserving of a book in its own right, the preface
together with the points raised by individual studies within the
overall framework may go some way to repairing this defficiency.
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