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Guide to the study of ancient magic / edited by David Frankfurter

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; 189.Publication details: Leiden : Brill, 2019.Description: xix, 797 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789004171572
  • 9004171576
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 133.43093
Summary: In 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. [...] Contributors are: Magali Bailliot, Gideon Bohak, Véronique Dasen, Albert de Jong, Jacco Dieleman, Esther Eidinow, David Frankfurter, Fritz Graf, Yuval Harari, Naomi Janowitz, Sarah Iles Johnston, Roy D. Kotansky, Árpád M. Nagy, Daniel Schwemer, Joseph E. Sanzo, Jacques van der Vliet, Andrew Wilburn.--page 4 of cover.
List(s) this item appears in: AD New acquisitions 2019
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books - Manuscripts Academia Belgica M.2019.041 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan ACBE19050378
Printed Books Accademia di Danimarca Magazzino M FiRe Guid 01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan ACDAN19050060

Includes bibliographical references and index

In 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. [...] Contributors are: Magali Bailliot, Gideon Bohak, Véronique Dasen, Albert de Jong, Jacco Dieleman, Esther Eidinow, David Frankfurter, Fritz Graf, Yuval Harari, Naomi Janowitz, Sarah Iles Johnston, Roy D. Kotansky, Árpád M. Nagy, Daniel Schwemer, Joseph E. Sanzo, Jacques van der Vliet, Andrew Wilburn.--page 4 of cover.

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