Beware the evil eye . Volume 2 Greece and Rome : the evil eye in the Bible and the Ancient world / / John H. Elliott
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| Autore: |
Elliott John H.
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| Titolo: |
Beware the evil eye . Volume 2 Greece and Rome : the evil eye in the Bible and the Ancient world / / John H. Elliott
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| Pubblicazione: | Eugene, Oregon : , : Cascade Books, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 133.425 |
| Soggetto topico: | Evil eye - Biblical teaching |
| Evil eye - Middle East | |
| Evil eye - Mediterranean Region | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In the present volume, Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity--the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an ""Evil Eye belief complex"" becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye--human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions, especially envy, arising in the heart, possessors, victims, defensive strategies, and amulets--is essential to an understanding of the lit |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Beware the evil eye |
| ISBN: | 1-4982-7366-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465080003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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