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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48450087 Title: Magic and ritual in the ancient world Author: Paul Allan Mirecki; Marvin W Meyer Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002. ISBN/ISSN: 9004116761 9789004116764 9004104062 9789004104068 OCLC:48450087

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Magic and ritual in the ancient world

Author:	Paul Allan Mirecki; Marvin W Meyer
Publisher:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.
Series:	Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 141.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Subjects	Magic, Ancient. Magie ancienne. Magie. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Magic and ritual in the ancient world. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002 (OCoLC)604544755
Material Type:	Internet resource
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All Authors / Contributors:	Paul Allan Mirecki; Marvin W Meyer Find more information about:
ISBN:	9004116761 9789004116764 9004104062 9789004104068
OCLC Number:	48450087
Description:	xvii, 468 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
Series Title:	Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 141.
Responsibility:	edited by Paul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer.

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This volume contains a series of essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern Read more...

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'" an excellent overview with enough depth to satisfy specialists interested in magic or any of the academic contexts within which the topics are found." Jennifer Wees, "Laval Theologique et Philosophique/i>, 2004. Read more...

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