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Isis Cult

The Isis Cult is a Greco-Roman mystery cult centered on the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis, distinguished by its syncretic theology, initiatory rites, and salvific promises of divine protection and afterlife salvation within the religious landscape of Late Period and Hellenistic Egypt.

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14

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2017–2026

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Variants

Isis Mystery Cult

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Publications

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The ISIS apocalypse: the history, strategy, and doomsday vision of the Islamic State

Rosemary Dyer · Journal of Policing Intelligence and Counter Terrorism · 2016 · 352 citations

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Isis in the Graeco-Roman World

J. Gwyn Griffiths, R. E. Witt · The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology · 1972 · 112 citations

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The Four Greek Hymns of Isidorus and the Cult of Isis

Tran Tam Tinh, Vera Frederika Vanderlip · Phoenix · 1974 · 102 citations

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Plutarch on Isis and Osiris: Text, Cult, and Cultural Appropriation

Daniel S. Richter · Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-) · 2001 · 95 citations

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Hymns to Isis in her temple at Philae

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 87 citations

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Authors

62

  1. JG
    J. Gwyn Griffiths

    Swansea University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  2. TT
    Tran Tam Tinh

    2 publications · 144 citations

    2

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  3. VF
    Vera Frederika Vanderlip

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  4. RE
    R. E. Witt

    Reading Museum, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 166 citations

    2

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  5. SH
    Steven Huebner

    McGill University, Canada

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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Institutions

14

  1. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  2. Ashkelon Academic College

    Ashqelon, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina

    Novi Sad, Serbia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  4. Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  5. Loyola University New Orleans

    New Orleans, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    81 citations

  6. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    352 citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center

    Bologna, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

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Venues

  1. Phoenix

    3 publications · 164 citations

    3

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 142 citations

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  3. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 2 publications · 69 citations

    2

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  4. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

    2 publications · 132 citations

    2

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  5. Harvard Theological Review

    HTR · 2 publications · 76 citations

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