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Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World

By Paul Allan Mirecki , Marvin W. Meyer

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
1997
ISBN
9004104062, 9789004104068
LCC
BF1591 .M344 2002
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2906276 bytes)
Series
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 141
Pages
490\490
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This volume contains a series of essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are written by scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early Christianity and patristics, and Coptology. Throughout the book the essays examine the terms employed in descriptions of ancient magic. From this examination comes a clarification of magic as a polemical term of exclusion along with an understanding of the classical Egyptian and early Greek conceptions of magic as a more neutral category of inclusion. This book is intended to be of use as a foundation for further scholarly studies of ancient magic and ritual power.

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