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John Scheid

John Scheid, born in 1946 in Luxembourg ( Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ), is a historian French (naturalized in 1973 ), specialist in ancient , professor at College de France.

Biography

Scheid studied history and classics at the University of Strasbourg II , where he argued in 1971 Third cycle thesis on The Brothers Arval: recruitment and social origin under the Julio-Claudian. In 1987il has supported in the same university a doctorate of State, entitled Romulus and his brothers. The cult of the Arval brothers, model of public worship in the Roman emperors. Specialist Roman civilization , he wrote, The Brothers Arval: recruitment and social origin under the Julio-Claudian, Religion and Piety in Rome, Roman Religion and When to do is believe, the sacrificial rites of the Romans. He was director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes , Section of Religious Studies (Religions of Rome ") from 1983 to 2001. He is also co-director of the Journal of the History of Religions. Member of the editorial board of the Archives of Social Sciences of Religion, the Archiv fr Religionsgeschichte (Teubner, Stuttgart-Leipzig), the Potsdamer Beitrge Althistorische, magazine Historia , of Millennium and Mythos.

He has headed since 1974 the excavations of the Magliana (Rome). He is also co-director of excavations at Jebel Oust in Tunisia , coordinator of the excavation of a necropolis in Experimental Class in Italy and project coordinator Fana Templa Delubra. Corpus places of worship in ancient Italy.

Since 2001 he is professor at the College de France, where he heads the Religion courses, institutions and society of ancient Rome.

Bibliography

John Scheid, Romulus and his brothers: The College of brothers arvalis, model of public worship in the Roman emperors, Library French School of Athens and Rome, vol. 275, Rome, Italy, 1990 , 806 p. ( ISBN 978-2226121349 )
Jerzy Kolendo, Jean-Michel Carr, Claude Nicolet, John Scheid, Aldo Schiavone, Yvon Thbert Paul Veyne, Jean-Paul Morel, Andrea Giardina (ed.), Man Roman, ditions du Seuil, coll. "Universe History, Paris, 1992 , 477 p. ( ISBN 978-2020123365 )
Roger Hanoune and John Scheid, our ancestors the Romans, Editions Gallimard, coll. "Discoveries", Paris, 1995 , 176 p. ( ISBN 978-2070531592 )
John Scheid, religion and piety in ancient Rome, Editions Albin Michel, Paris, 2001 , 192 p. ( ISBN 978-2226121349 )
John Scheid, Religion of the Romans, Editions Armand Colin, Paris, 2002 , 176 p. ( ISBN 978-2200263775 )
Lyne Bansat-Boudon (ed.), John Scheid (Eds.), Collective, The Disciple and his masters, Editions du Seuil, coll. "Mankind", Paris, 2002 , 258 p. ( ISBN 978-2020541527 )
John Scheid, Chair of religion, institutions and society of ancient Rome, College de France, coll. "Inaugural Lecture, Paris, ( ISBN 978-2722600713 )
John Scheid and Jesper Svenbro, The craft of Zeus: Myths of Weaving and fabric in the Greco-Roman Wandering Editions, Paris, 2003 , 135 p. ( ISBN 978-2877722414 )
John Scheid, When do is believe, Editions Aubier-Montaigne, Paris, 2005 , 348 p. ( ISBN 978-2700722987 )
John Scheid and Francois Jacques, Rome and the integration of the Empire (44 BC. J.-C.-260 AD.)., Vol. 1, Presses Universitaires de France, coll. "New Clio "Paris, 2010 , 480 p. ( ISBN 978-2130582472 )