Jaime Alvar Ezquerra
Jaime Alvar Ezquerra (born April 20, 1955) is a Spanish historian, author and professor at the Charles III University of Madrid, specializing in ancient history.[1]
He was born in
Romanic philologist. Their father was Manuel Alvar
Ezquerra, prominent Spanish philologist.
Areas of research
His career has focused on the early history of the
Tartessic worlds. He is a recognized authority on Religion in ancient Rome, especially the romanization of oriental gods Mithra, Isis, Serapis, Cybele and Attis
, as well as the processes of religious transformation of the indigenous peninsular world in contact with other Mediterranean peoples. He is currently working on the analysis of the construction of history and director of The Julio Caro Baroja Institute of Historiography of the Charles III University of Madrid.
Publications
- De Argantonio a los romanos: la Iberia protohistórica - Madrid: Información e Historia: Temas de Hoy, [1995].
- Cristianismo primitivo y religiones mistéricas - Madrid: Cátedra, [1995].
- La navegación prerromana en la Península Ibérica: colonizadores e indígenas - Madrid: Universidad Complutense, 1981.
- Los pueblos del mar y otros movimientos de pueblos a fines del segundo milenio - Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid: Akal, D.L. 1989.
- Diccionario de Historia de España y América: Madrid: Espasa, D.L. 2002
- Diccionario de Historia de España: Madrid: Istmo, [2001] (con la colaboración de Ana Isabel Álvarez López)
- Diccionario Espasa mitología universal: Madrid: Espasa, D.L. 2000.
- Entre fenicios y visigodos [2008]
Scientific Dissemination and Popular Science
Alvar participated as advisor on the Prehistory and Early History section in the History of Spain series (Prehistoria e Historia Antigua en la serie Historia de España) produced and broadcast by Spanish TV (Televisión Española) between 2004 and 2005. He participated on the book based on the script of this series as well. He has directed several projects for the publisher Editorial Espasa including dictionaries of
Spanish history
and is editor of Between Phoenicians and Visigoths, The Ancient history of The Iberian Peninsula (Entre fenicios y visigodos).
See also
- Aion (deity)
- Mithras Liturgy
- Emerita Augusta
- Parabiago plate
- Romanization (cultural)
- Instituto Cervantes
- Ministry of Education (Spain) Departamento de Humanidades: Historia, Geografía y Arte.
- Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain)
References
- ^ ""Julio Caro Baroja" University Institute of Historiography". Retrieved 7 January 2015.
External links
- Dialnet Publicaciones de D. Jaime Alvar
- Catálogo BNE Libros de D. Jaime Alvar, como author o editor, en la Biblioteca Nacional de España
- Editorial ESPASA CALPE
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