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245 0 0 _aGuide to the study of ancient magic /
_cedited by David Frankfurter.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2019.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aReligions in the Graeco-Roman world,
_x0927-7633 ;
_vVOLUME 189
490 0 _aReligions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, Supplement 2018, ISBN: 9789004353404
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tFront Matter --
_tCopyright page --
_tDedication --
_tPreface --
_tIllustrations --
_tAbbreviations --
_tNotes on Contributors --
_tIntroduction --
_tAncient Magic in a New Key: Refining an Exotic Discipline in the History of Religions /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tThe Plan of This Volume /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tCultural Constructions of Ambiguous, Unsanctioned, or Illegitimate Ritual --
_tIntroduction /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tMesopotamia /
_rDaniel Schwemer --
_tIran /
_rAlbert de Jong --
_tEgypt /
_rJacco Dieleman --
_tGreece /
_rFritz Graf --
_tAncient Israel and Early Judaism /
_rYuval Harari --
_tRome and the Roman Empire /
_rMagali Bailliot --
_tEarly Christianity /
_rJoseph E. Sanzo --
_tRoman and Byzantine Egypt /
_rJacques van der Vliet --
_tThe Materials of Ancient Magic --
_tIntroduction /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tThe Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri /
_rJacco Dieleman --
_tChristian Spells and Manuals from Egypt /
_rJacques van der Vliet --
_tBinding Spells on Tablets and Papyri /
_rEsther Eidinow --
_tJewish Amulets, Magic Bowls, and Manuals in Aramaic and Hebrew /
_rGideon Bohak --
_tGems /
_rVéronique Dasen and Árpád M. Nagy --
_tFigurines, Images, and Representations Used in Ritual Practices /
_rAndrew T. Wilburn --
_tTextual Amulets and Writing Traditions in the Ancient World /
_rRoy D. Kotansky --
_tBuilding Ritual Agency: Foundations, Floors, Doors, and Walls /
_rAndrew T. Wilburn --
_tDimensions of a Category Magic --
_tIntroduction /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tSpell and Speech Act: The Magic of the Spoken Word /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tThe Magic of Writing in Mediterranean Antiquity /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tMagic and the Forces of Materiality /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tThe Magical Elements of Mysticism: Ritual Strategies for Encountering Divinity /
_rNaomi Janowitz --
_tMagic and Theurgy /
_rSarah Iles Johnston --
_tMagic as the Local Application of Authoritative Tradition /
_rDavid Frankfurter --
_tMagic and Social Tension /
_rEsther Eidinow --
_tBack Matter --
_tIndex.
520 _aIn the midst of academic debates about the utility of the term “magic” and the cultural meaning of ancient words like mageia or khesheph , this Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic seeks to advance the discussion by separating out three topics essential to the very idea of magic. The three major sections of this volume address (1) indigenous terminologies for ambiguous or illicit ritual in antiquity; (2) the ancient texts, manuals, and artifacts commonly designated “magical” or used to represent ancient magic; and (3) a series of contexts, from the written word to materiality itself, to which the term “magic” might usefully pertain. The individual essays in this volume cover most of Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquity, with essays by both established and emergent scholars of ancient religions. In a burgeoning field of “magic studies” trying both to preserve and to justify critically the category itself, this volume brings new clarity and provocative insights. This will be an indispensable resource to all interested in magic in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, ancient Greece and Rome, Early Christianity and Judaism, Egypt through the Christian period, and also comparative and critical theory.
650 0 _aMagic, Ancient
_xHistory.
700 1 _aFrankfurter, David,
_d1961-
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tGuide to the Study of Ancient Magic
_dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, [2019],
_z9789004171572
830 0 _aReligions in the Graeco-Roman World
_v189.
830 0 _aReligions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, Supplement 2018, ISBN: 9789004353404.
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_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004390751
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