Magic and ritual in the ancient world
Title:
Magic and ritual in the ancient world
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
Author:
Mirecki, Paul Allan, editor.
ISBN:
9789004283244
Physical Description:
XVII, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series:
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; Volume 141
Contents:
New tests of magic and ritual power. A new magical formulary / William Brashear and Roy Kotansky ; Two papyri with formulae for divination / David Jordan ; An early Christian gold lamella for headache / Roy Kotansky ; A seventh-century Coptic limestone in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Bodl. copt. inscr. 426) -- Definitions and theory. Great Scott! : thought and action one more time / Jonathan Z. Smith ; Theories of magic in antiquity / Fritz Graf ; The poetics of the magical charm : an essay on the power of words / H.S. Versnel ; Dynamics of ritual expertise in antiquity and beyond : towards a new taxonomy of "magicians" / David Frankfurter ; Fiat magia / C.A. Hoffman -- The ancient Near East. Dividing a god / Richard H. Beal ; Translating transfers in ancient Mesopotamia / JoAnn Scurlock ; Necromancy, fertility and the dark earth : the use of ritual pits in Hittite cult / Billie Jean Collins ; Canaanite magic vs. Israelite religion : Deuteronomy 18 and the taxonomy of taboo / Brian B. Schmidt -- Judaism. Secrecy and magic, publicity and Torah : unpacking a Talmudic tale / S. Daniel Breslauer ; Shamanic initiatory death and resurrection in the Hekhalot literature / James R. Davila ; Sacrificial themes in Jewish magic / Michael D. Swartz -- Greek and Roman antiquity. The ethnic origins of a Roman-era philtrokatadesmos (PGM IV 296-434) / Christopher A. Faraone ; Sacrifice in the Greek magical papyri / Sarah Iles Johnston ; Beans, fleawort, and the blood of a Hamadryas baboon : recipe ingredients in Greco-Roman magical materials / Lynn R. LiDonnici ; The witches' Thessaly / Oliver Phillips ; Speech acts and the stakes of Hellenism in late antiquity / Peter T. Struck -- Early Christianity and Islam. The prayer of Mary who dissolves chains in Coptic magic and religion / Marvin Meyer ; The magician and the heretic : the case of Simon Magus / Ayse Tuzlak ; Ancient execration magic in Coptic and Islamic Egypt / Nicole B. Hansen.
Abstract:
"This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early Christianity and patristics, and Coptic and Islamic Egypt. The strength of the present volume lies in the breadth of scholarly approaches represented. The book begins with several papyrological studies presenting important new texts in Greek and Coptic, continuing with essays focusing on taxonomy and definition. The concluding essays apply contemporary theories to analyses of specific test cases in a broad variety of ancient Mediterranean cultures."-- Provideed by publisher.
Subject Term:
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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