Serapis: The Sacred Library and Its Declericalization by Wendi Arant Kaspar, Stephen Bales

Serapis: The Sacred Library and Its Declericalization

Wendi Arant Kaspar, Stephen Bales

215 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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 The Greco-Egyptian syncretistic god Serapis was created by the 3rd century BCE Ptolemaic pharaohs as a way to impose Greek cultural hegemony and consolidate political power. The Alexandrian Serapeum, sometimes referred to as The Great Library of ...

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