Viggen 95 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 Imagine you knew nothing about Christianity aside from the mere fact of its existence, but you wanted to know more. Now imagine that all practicing Christians had died two millennia ago and all scriptures sacred to the cult had disappeared. All that remains to reconstruct the cult are some archaeological artifacts scattered across three continents, and a few oblique references in literature from mostly hostile sources. This is precisely the situation that confronts students of Mithraism... ...read the full review of The Roman Cult of Mithras by Manfred Clauss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sylla 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 Imagine you knew nothing about Christianity aside from the mere fact of its existence, but you wanted to know more. Now imagine that all practicing Christians had died two millennia ago and all scriptures sacred to the cult had disappeared. All that remains to reconstruct the cult are some archaeological artifacts scattered across three continents, and a few oblique references in literature from mostly hostile sources. This is precisely the situation that confronts students of Mithraism... ...read the full review of The Roman Cult of Mithras by Manfred Clauss If I knew nothing about Christianity aside from the mere fact of its existence, all their scriptures sacred to the cult had disappeared, and all that remains was the Mithraic archaeological artifacts and oblique references, I may have thought they were both the same religion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
