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'''Imperial Cult'''
'''Imperial Cult''' / '''Emperor Cult'''


==Overview==
==Overview==
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==References==
==References==


*''' ''' / [[]] / In: [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]],
* '''Emperor Cult''' / [[L. Kreitzer]] / [[T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (2020 Stuckenbruck, Gurtner), edited volumes]]


*'''Imperial Cult, Jews and the''' / [[James S. McLaren]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary]], 762-763
*'''Imperial Cult, Jews and the''' / [[James S. McLaren]] / [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary]], 762-763
 
*''' ''' / [[]] / [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]],


==External links==
==External links==

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Imperial Cult / Emperor Cult

Overview

The Emperor was the head of the Roman States and also the head of the Roman religions (Pontifex Maximus), As such he was the symbols of the political and religious identity of the Roman Empire.

The (ethnic, religious, and cultural) diversity of the Roman Empire required a shared authority to keep together all the different components.

References

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