Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic: 189 (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) - Hardcover

David Frankfurter

 
9789004171572: Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic: 189 (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004171576 ISBN 13: 9789004171572
Publisher: BRILL, 2019

Synopsis

This volume seeks to advance the study of ancient magic through separate discussions of ancient terms for ambiguous or illicit ritual, the ancient texts commonly designated magical, and contexts in which the term magic may be used descriptively.

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About the Author

David Frankfurter, Ph.D. (1990) Princeton University, is Professor of Religion at Boston University. A scholar of ancient religions, Frankfurter is the author of Religion in Roman Egypt (Princeton, 1998); and Christianizing Egypt (Princeton, 2017), as well as many articles on magic and popular devotion. 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, Arpad M. Nagy, Daniel Schwemer, Joseph E. Sanzo, Jacques van der Vliet, Andrew Wilburn.

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Publisher
BRILL
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004171576
ISBN 13 
9789004171572
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
784

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