LEADER 04761nam 22006494a 450 001 9910783489303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-46426-7 010 $a9786610464265 010 $a1-4175-1613-5 010 $a90-474-0040-2 024 7 $a10.1163/9789047400400 035 $a(CKB)1000000000032888 035 $a(EBL)253540 035 $a(OCoLC)614798383 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195351 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157105 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195351 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241566 035 $a(PQKB)11100158 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC253540 035 $a(OCoLC)729432748 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047400400 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL253540 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10089073 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46426 035 $a(OCoLC)55843114 035 $a(PPN)203381009 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000032888 100 $a20011031d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMagic and ritual in the ancient world$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Paul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (489 p.) 225 1 $aReligions in the Graeco-Roman world,$x0927-7633 ;$vv. 141 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-11676-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary material /$rPaul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer -- $tA NEW MAGICAL FORMULARY /$rWilliam Brashear and Roy Kotansky -- $tTWO PAPYRI WITH FORMULAE FOR DIVINATION /$rDavid Jordan -- $tAN EARLY CHRISTIAN GOLD LAMELLA FOR HEADACHE /$rRoy Kotansky -- $tA SEVENTH-CENTURY COPTIC LIMESTONE IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD /$rPaul Mirecki -- $tGREAT SCOTT! THOUGHT AND ACTION ONE MORE TIME /$rJonathan Z. Smith -- $tTHEORIES OF MAGIC IN ANTIQUITY /$rFritz Graf -- $tTHE POETICS OF THE MAGICAL CHARM: AN ESSAY IN THE POWER OF WORDS /$rH.S. Versnel -- $tDYNAMICS OF RITUAL EXPERTISE IN ANTIQUITY AND BEYOND: TOWARDS A NEW TAXONOMY OF \'MAGICIANS\' /$rDavid Frankfurter -- $tFIAT MAGIA /$rC. A. Hoffman -- $tDIVIDING A GOD /$rRichard H. Beal -- $tTRANSLATING TRANSFERS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA /$rJoann Scurlock -- $tNECROMANCY, FERTILITY AND THE DARK EARTH: THE USE OF RITUAL PITS IN HITTITE CULT /$rBillie Jean Collins -- $tCANAANITE MAGIC VS. ISRAELITE RELIGION: DEUTERONOMY 18 AND THE TAXONOMY OF TABOO /$rBrian B. Schmidt -- $tSECRECY AND MAGIC, PUBLICITY AND TORAH: UNPACKING A TALMUDIC TALE /$rS. Daniel Breslauer -- $tSHAMANIC INITIATORY DEATH AND RESURRECTION IN THE HEKHALOT LITERATURE /$rJames R. Davila -- $tSACRIFICIAL THEMES IN JEWISH MAGIC /$rMichael D. Swartz -- $tTHE ETHNIC ORIGINS OF A ROMAN-ERA PHILTROKATADESMOS (PGM IV 296-434) /$rChristopher A. Faraone -- $tSACRIFICE IN THE GREEK MAGICAL PAPYRI /$rSarah Iles Johnston -- $tBEANS, FLEAWORT, AND THE BLOOD OF A HAMADRYAS BABOON: RECIPE INGREDIENTS IN GRECO-ROMAN MAGICAL MATERIALS /$rLynn R. LiDonnici -- $tTHE WITCHES? THESSALY /$rOliver Phillips -- $tSPEECH ACTS AND THE STAKES OF HELLENISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY /$rPeter T. Struck -- $tTHE PRAYER OF MARY WHO DISSOLVES CHAINS IN COPTIC MAGIC AND RELIGION /$rMarvin Meyer -- $tTHE MAGICIAN AND THE HERETIC: THE CASE OF SIMON MAGUS /$rAyse Tuzlak -- $tANCIENT EXECRATION MAGIC IN COPTIC AND ISLAMIC EGYPT /$rNicole B. Hansen -- $tINDEX OF PRIMARY SOURCES /$rPaul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer -- $tRELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD /$rPaul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer. 330 $aThis volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early Christianity and patristics, and Coptic and Islamic Egypt. The strength of the present volume lies in the breadth of scholarly approaches represented. The book begins with several papyrological studies presenting important new texts in Greek and Coptic, continuing with essays focusing on taxonomy and definition. The concluding essays apply contemporary theories to analyses of specific test cases in a broad variety of ancient Mediterranean cultures. 410 0$aReligions in the Graeco-Roman world ;$vv. 141. 606 $aMagic, Ancient 615 0$aMagic, Ancient. 676 $a133.4/3/093 701 $aMirecki$b Paul Allan$0184507 701 $aMeyer$b Marvin W$0184506 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783489303321 996 $aMagic and ritual in the ancient world$93721989 997 $aUNINA