Abstract
Abstract This chapter analyzes the sustained interaction among Egyptian religions, already influenced by Greek and Nubian traditions, and new religious communities of Jews, Zoroastrians, and Christians. Egyptian religions continued to be practiced until the early sixth century, spreading Egyptian cults to the far reaches of the Roman Empire. Bitter struggles between Egyptian and Christian communities persisted throughout most of this period. Egypt became a center of Christian learning and practice as well as an important source of minority traditions within Christianity, the Monophysites and the Arians. Egyptian practices associated with the Isis cult and with incubation influenced Christian practice. Saint Anthony of the Desert and Pachomius played central roles in the development of the ascetic and monastic traditions.
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