Editing Mithraism (section)

====Mithras Liturgy====
In later antiquity, the Greek name of Mithras (Μίθρας) occurs in the text known as the "[[Mithras Liturgy]]", a part of the ''[[Greek Magical Papyri|Paris Greek Magical Papyrus]]''<ref>{{cite book |title=Greek Magical Papyrus |place=Paris, FR |publisher=Bibliothèque Nationale |at=Suppl. gr.&nbsp;574}}</ref>
here Mithras is given the epithet "the great god", and is identified with the sun god [[Helios]].{{refn|
The reference is at line&nbsp;482 of the ''Great Magical Papyrus of Paris''.<ref name=Meyer-2006/>{{rp|style=ama|p= 180}} The entire ''Mithras Liturgy'' comprises lines&nbsp;475–834 of the papyrus.
}}<ref>
{{cite book
 |first=Albrecht |last=Dieterich
 |year=1910
 |title=Eine Mithrasliturgie |language=de |edition=2nd
 |place=Leipzig, DE
 |publisher=B.G. Teubner
 |pages=1–2
 |id=ark:/13960/t03x8jd9d
 |url=https://archive.org/stream/einemithraslitur00dietuoft#page/2/mode/2up
}} — Greek source with German translation
</ref>
There have been different views among scholars as to whether this text is an expression of Mithraism as such. [[Franz Cumont]] argued that it isn't;<ref name=Mthrs-Ltrg-2003>
{{cite book
 |title=The "Mithras Liturgy": Text, translation, and commentary
 |place=Tübingen, DE
 |publisher=Mohr Siebeck
 |year=2003
}}
</ref>{{rp|style=ama|p= 12}}
[[Marvin Meyer]] thinks it is;<ref name=Meyer-2006>
{{cite book
 | last = Meyer | first = Marvin
 | year = 2006
 | title = The Historical Jesus in Context
 | chapter = The Mithras Liturgy
 | editor1 = Levine, A.J.
 | editor2 = Allison, Dale C. Jr.
 | editor3 = Crossan, John Dominic
 | publisher = Princeton University Press
 | location = New Jersey
 | isbn = 0-691-00991-0
}}
</ref>{{rp|style=ama|pp= 180–182}}
while [[Hans Dieter Betz]] sees it as a synthesis of Greek, Egyptian, and Mithraic traditions.<ref name=Mthrs-Ltrg-2003/><ref>
{{cite journal
 |first=Richard |last=Gordon
 |date=March 2005
 |title=Probably not Mithras
 |journal=[[The Classical Review]]
 |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=99–100
|doi=10.1093/clrevj/bni059
 }}
</ref>