Demons and illness from antiquity to the early-modern period /
Demons and illness from antiquity to the early-modern period /
edited by Siam Bhayro and Catherine Rider.
- 1 online resource.
- Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity, v. 5 2211-016X ; .
- Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity 5. Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004327917. .
Includes index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Shifting Alignments: The Dichotomy of Benevolent and Malevolent Demons in Mesopotamia / The Natural and Supernatural Aspects of Fever in Mesopotamian Medical Texts / Illness as Divine Punishment: The Nature and Function of the Disease-Carrier Demons in the Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts / Demons at Work in Ancient Mesopotamia / Demons and Illness in Second Temple Judaism: Theory and Practice / Illness and Healing through Spell and Incantation in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Conceptualizing Demons in Late Antique Judaism / Oneiric Aggressive Magic: Sleep Disorders in Late Antique Jewish Tradition / The Influence of Demons on the Human Mind according to Athenagoras and Tatian / Demonic Anti-Music and Spiritual Disorder in the Life of Antony / Over-Eating Demoniacs in Late Antique Hagiography / Miracles and Madness: Dispelling Demons in Twelfth-Century Hagiography / Demons in Lapidaries? The Evidence of the Madrid ms Escorial, h.I.15 / The Melancholy of the Necromancer in Arnau de Vilanova’s Epistle against Demonic Magic / Demons, Illness, and Spiritual Aids in Natural Magic and Image Magic / Between Medicine and Magic: Spiritual Aetiology and Therapeutics in Medieval Islam / Demons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket / The Post-Reformation Challenge to Demonic Possession / From A Discoverie to The Triall of Witchcraft: Doctor Cotta and Godly John / Healing with Demons? Preternatural Philosophy and Superstitious Cures in Spanish Inquisitorial Courts / Afterword: Pandaemonium / Index of Subjects -- Index of Texts. Siam Bhayro and Catherine Rider -- Gina Konstantopoulos -- András Bácskay -- Rita Lucarelli -- Lorenzo Verderame -- Ida Fröhlich -- David Hamidović -- Gideon Bohak -- Alessia Bellusci -- Chiara Crosignani -- Sophie Sawicka-Sykes -- Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe -- Anne E. Bailey -- M. Carolina Escobar Vargas -- Sebastià Giralt -- Lauri Ockenström -- Liana Saif -- Claire Trenery -- Harman Bhogal -- Pierre Kapitaniak -- Bradley J. Mollmann -- Peregrine Horden --
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In many near eastern traditions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, demons have appeared as a cause of illness from ancient times until at least the early modern period. This volume explores the relationship between demons, illness and treatment comparatively. Its twenty chapters range from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to early modern Europe, and include studies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They discuss the relationship between ‘demonic’ illnesses and wider ideas about illness, medicine, magic, and the supernatural. A further theme of the volume is the value of treating a wide variety of periods and places, using a comparative approach, and this is highlighted particularly in the volume’s Introduction and Afterword. The chapters originated in an international conference held in 2013.
9789004338548
10.1163/9789004338548 DOI
2016057358
Demonology--History.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Demonology.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
History.
BL480 / .D46 2017
202/.16
Includes index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Shifting Alignments: The Dichotomy of Benevolent and Malevolent Demons in Mesopotamia / The Natural and Supernatural Aspects of Fever in Mesopotamian Medical Texts / Illness as Divine Punishment: The Nature and Function of the Disease-Carrier Demons in the Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts / Demons at Work in Ancient Mesopotamia / Demons and Illness in Second Temple Judaism: Theory and Practice / Illness and Healing through Spell and Incantation in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Conceptualizing Demons in Late Antique Judaism / Oneiric Aggressive Magic: Sleep Disorders in Late Antique Jewish Tradition / The Influence of Demons on the Human Mind according to Athenagoras and Tatian / Demonic Anti-Music and Spiritual Disorder in the Life of Antony / Over-Eating Demoniacs in Late Antique Hagiography / Miracles and Madness: Dispelling Demons in Twelfth-Century Hagiography / Demons in Lapidaries? The Evidence of the Madrid ms Escorial, h.I.15 / The Melancholy of the Necromancer in Arnau de Vilanova’s Epistle against Demonic Magic / Demons, Illness, and Spiritual Aids in Natural Magic and Image Magic / Between Medicine and Magic: Spiritual Aetiology and Therapeutics in Medieval Islam / Demons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket / The Post-Reformation Challenge to Demonic Possession / From A Discoverie to The Triall of Witchcraft: Doctor Cotta and Godly John / Healing with Demons? Preternatural Philosophy and Superstitious Cures in Spanish Inquisitorial Courts / Afterword: Pandaemonium / Index of Subjects -- Index of Texts. Siam Bhayro and Catherine Rider -- Gina Konstantopoulos -- András Bácskay -- Rita Lucarelli -- Lorenzo Verderame -- Ida Fröhlich -- David Hamidović -- Gideon Bohak -- Alessia Bellusci -- Chiara Crosignani -- Sophie Sawicka-Sykes -- Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe -- Anne E. Bailey -- M. Carolina Escobar Vargas -- Sebastià Giralt -- Lauri Ockenström -- Liana Saif -- Claire Trenery -- Harman Bhogal -- Pierre Kapitaniak -- Bradley J. Mollmann -- Peregrine Horden --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
In many near eastern traditions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, demons have appeared as a cause of illness from ancient times until at least the early modern period. This volume explores the relationship between demons, illness and treatment comparatively. Its twenty chapters range from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to early modern Europe, and include studies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They discuss the relationship between ‘demonic’ illnesses and wider ideas about illness, medicine, magic, and the supernatural. A further theme of the volume is the value of treating a wide variety of periods and places, using a comparative approach, and this is highlighted particularly in the volume’s Introduction and Afterword. The chapters originated in an international conference held in 2013.
9789004338548
10.1163/9789004338548 DOI
2016057358
Demonology--History.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
Demonology.
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
History.
BL480 / .D46 2017
202/.16