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Mithraism and Christianity were both active religions during the Roman empire.
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editI'd suggest that this fascinating list of references be ordered either alphabetically by prime author's last name or else by date of publication. Belle Fast (talk) 15:37, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
- Abruzzi, William S. (2018), Mithraism and Christianity: Competition, Exclusion and Appropriation, doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.36486.52804Also available from Academia.edu as a PDF.
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- Altaweel, Mark; Squitieri, Andrea (2018). "The rise of shared and universal religions". Revolutionizing a world: From small states to universalism in the pre-Islamic Near East. London: UCL Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt21c4td4.14. ISBN 978-1-911576-63-1. OCLC 1028993193.
- Alvar Ezquerra, J. (1 December 2007). "Chapter Five. The Oriental Cults And Christianity". Romanising Oriental Gods. Brill. pp. 383–421. doi:10.1163/ej.9789004132931.i-486.25. ISBN 978-90-474-4184-7.
- Betz, Hans Dieter (1968). "The Mithras Inscriptions of Santa Prisca and the New Testament". Novum Testamentum. 10 (1). Brill: 62–80. doi:10.1163/156853668x00066. ISSN 0048-1009.
- Bøgh, Birgitte (2015). "Beyond Nock: From Adhesion to Conversion in the Mystery Cults". History of Religions. 54 (3). University of Chicago Press: 260–287. doi:10.1086/678994. ISSN 0018-2710. S2CID 161128887.
- Decker III, Peter J. (2013). The Sword and the Cross: Examining the Transference between Mithraism and Christianity (B.A. Thesis). Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo College. hdl:10920/28313.
- Gervers, Michael (1 December 2014). "The iconography of the cave in Christian And Mithraic tradition". Mysteria Mithrae. Brill. pp. 579–599. doi:10.1163/9789004295605_035. ISBN 978-90-04-29560-5.
- Hayden, J. (2019), First Among Equals: The Pre-Nicene Christian Eucharist in the Context of Greco-Roman Mystery Cults
- Hinnells, John R. (1968). "Christianity and the Mystery Cults". Theology. 71 (571). Sage: 20–26. doi:10.1177/0040571x6807100106. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 170128591.
- Hollon, E., The identification of blood and wine in the eucharist: Syncretism between Christian and Greco-Roman rituals
- Luciano, Alessandro (2020). "From Paganism to Christianity: The Cults of Mithras and Persian Martyrs in Imperial Rome". Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period (PDF). University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 245–262. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41776-5_20. ISBN 978-3-030-41775-8. ISSN 2367-1092. S2CID 219475944.
- Laeuchli, Samuel (1968). "Urban Mithraism". The Biblical Archaeologist. 31 (3). University of Chicago Press: 73–99. doi:10.2307/3210985. ISSN 0006-0895. JSTOR 3210985. S2CID 224787850.
- Martin, Luther H. (1989). "Roman Mithraism and Christianity". Numen. 36 (1). Brill: 2–15. doi:10.2307/3269850. ISSN 0029-5973. JSTOR 3269850. Alternate doi:10.1163/156852789x00135
- Nabarz, P.; Matthews, C. (2005). The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World. Inner Traditions/Bear. ISBN 978-1-59477-027-2. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- Jackson, H. L. (1922). Mithraism and Christianity.
- Laeuchli, Samuel; Groh, Dennis Edward (1967). Mithraism in Ostia: Mystery religion and Christianity in the ancient port of Rome. Garrett theological studies. Northwestern University Press. OCLC 463082103.
- Lease, Gary (2016). "Mithraism and Christianity: Borrowings and transformations". In Temporini, Hildegard; Haase, Wolfgang (eds.). Religion (Vorkonstantinisches Christentum: Verhältnis zu römischem Staat und heidnischer Religion, Fortsetzung) [Religion (Pre-Constantinian Christianity: Relationship to the Roman State and Pagan Religion, continuation)]. [Rise and descent of the Roman world] (in German). Vol. II.23.2. De Gruyter. pp. 1306–1332. ISBN 978-3-11-086043-6. OCLC 848436278.
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ignored (help) - Luciano, A. (2020). From Paganism to Christianity: The Cults of Mithras and Persian Martyrs in Imperial Rome. In Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period (pp. 245-262). Springer, Cham.
- Meyer, Marvin W. (2006). "The "Mithras" Liturgy". In Levine, Amy-Jill; Allison, Dale C.; Crossan, John Dominic (eds.). The Historical Jesus in Context. Princeton Readings in Religions. Princeton University Press. pp. 179–192. ISBN 978-1-4008-2737-4.
- Patterson, Leonard (1921). Mithraism and Christianity: A study in comparative religion. Cambridge University Press. OCLC 459161298.
- Roselaar, Saskia (1 December 2013). "The Cult of Mithras in Early Christian Literature – an Inventory and Interpretation". Klio. 96 (1). Walter de Gruyter GmbH: 183–217. doi:10.1515/klio-2014-0007. ISSN 0075-6334. S2CID 162018712.
- Scheerlinck, E. (2014). "History of Religions in the Making: Franz Cumont (1868-1947) and the 'Oriental Religions'". In Bod, R.; Maat, J.; Weststeijn, T. (eds.). The modern humanities. The Making of the Humanities. Vol. III. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 219–232. ISBN 9789089645166. JSTOR j.ctt12877vs.17.
- Simón, Francisco Marco (2018). "A Place with Shared Meanings: Mithras, Sabazius, and Christianity in the "Tomb of Vibia"" (PDF). Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 58 (1–4). Akademiai Kiado Zrt.: 225–242. doi:10.1556/068.2018.58.1-4.14. ISSN 0044-5975. S2CID 203192324.
- Simón, F. M. (2018). A Place with Shared Meanings: Mithras, Sabazius, and Christianity in the “Tomb of Vibia”. Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 58(1-4), 225-242.
- Vaage, L. E. (2006). Religious rivalries in the early Roman empire and the rise of Christianity. Studies in Christianity and Judaism. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-1-55458-809-1.
- Winter, E. (2000). "Mithraism and Christianity in late antiquity". In Mitchell, S.; Greatrex, G. (eds.). Ethnicity and Culture in Late Antiquity. Duckworth. pp. 173–182. ISBN 978-0-7156-3043-3.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Autran, Charles (1935). Mithra, Zoroastre et la préhistoire aryenne du christianisme (in French). Payot. OCLC 216887168.
- Donaldson, Terence Lyle (2000). Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Caesarea Maritima. Studies in Christianity and Judaism. Wilfred Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-1-55458-670-7. OCLC 1015440121.
- Dundua, T`edo (1999). Christianity and Mithraism : the Georgian story. Meridian Publishers. ISBN 99928-22-54-6. OCLC 52986823.
- Gómez de Liaño, Ignacio (1998). El círculo de la sabiduría : diagramas del conocimiento en el mitraísmo, el gnosticismo, el cristianismo, y el maniqueísmo (in Spanish). Ediciones Siruela. ISBN 84-7844-390-8. OCLC 49942864.
- Halliday, W. R. (1970). The pagan background of early Christianity. Cooper Square Publishers. ISBN 0-8154-0331-3. OCLC 93102.
- Legge, Francis (1964). Forerunners and rivals of Christianity : from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D. University Books. OCLC 883951942.
- Malloch, D. K. (2006). Christ and the Taurobolium : Lord Mithras in the Genesis of Christianity. Lochan. ISBN 0-9540786-1-6. OCLC 85828382.
- Mastrocinque, Attilio (2009). Des mystères de Mithra aux mystères de Jésus (in French). ISBN 978-3-515-09250-0. OCLC 316034040.
- Nabarz, Payam (2005). The mysteries of Mithras : the pagan belief that shaped the Christian world. Inner Traditions. ISBN 1-59477-027-1. OCLC 57557611.
- Sauer, Eberhard W. (1996). The end of Paganism in the North-West provinces of the Roman Empire : the example of the Mithras cult. Tempus Reparatum. ISBN 0-86054-816-3. OCLC 1006013219.
- Westphal, Henri (1911). Mithra et le Christ : en présence du monde romain (in French). Cahors & Alençon. OCLC 34091403.
- Zwirn, Stephen R (1992). Narrative frames : temporal settings for images of Hercules, Mithras and Christ. OCLC 1110335968.
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