by Jaime Alvar (Author)

The relative sophistication of the three major 'Oriental cults' of the Roman Empire, combining unfamiliar myth with distinctive ritual, enabled them, like Early Christianity, to offer a properly ethical salvation in the Weberian sense.

Author Biography

Jaime Alvar, Ph.D. (1980) in Ancient History, Complutense University, is Professor of Ancient History at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He has published extensively on Iberian protohistory and Graeco-Roman religions, and is currently director of the Instituto de Historiografia "Julio Caro Baroja"
Translator and editor: Richard Gordon, Ph.D. (1973), Cambridge UK, is honorary professor of Religionsgeschichte der Antike at the University of Erfurt, Thüringen. He has published mainly on religious currents in the Roman Empire and Graeco-Roman magic.