Magic in the Roman World

Pagans, Jews and Christians

Naomi Janowitz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2001
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-20206-0 (ISBN)

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A lively volume exploring the use and abuse of the word 'magic' in late antique texts.

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.

Naomi Janowitz is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California-Davis. She is the author of Poetics of Ascent (1989) and numerous articles on the religions of late antiquity.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Greco-Roman, Christian and Jewish Concepts of “Magic”; Chapter 2 Daimons and Angels and the World of Exorcism; Chapter 3 Ancient Rites for Gaining Lovers; Chapter 4 Using Natural Forces for Divine Goals; Chapter 5 Divine Power, Human Hands; Chapter 6 “Even the Decent Women Practice Witchcraft”; Chapter 7 Concluding Note;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.6.2001
Reihe/Serie	Religion in the First Christian Centuries
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	0-415-20206-X / 041520206X
ISBN-13	978-0-415-20206-0 / 9780415202060
Zustand	Neuware