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Magic in the Roman World: Pagans, Jews and Christians (Religion in the First Christian Centuries)

By Naomi Janowitz

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
041520206X, 9780415202060, 0415202078, 9780415202077, 9780203457641
Open Library ID
OL7486254M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
758 kB (776599 bytes)
Pages
160\160
Topic
Religion
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term for other people's rituals. Naomi Janowitz shows that 'magical' activities were integral to late antique religious practice, and that they must be understood from the perspective of those who employed them.

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