Ancient magic: then and now
by Mastrocinque, Attilio Sanzo, Joseph E. Scapini, Marianna
An international team of scholars from different academic disciplines address some of the most important issues, texts, and objects in the study of ancient magic. The volume is divided into three primary sections. The first part offers new approaches to some of the major theoretical and methodological questions in the study of ancient magic. Most importantly, the authors offer a defense of the term "magic" as a scholarly rubric in the study of antiquity. The contributors to the second part prov…
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- Full title :Ancient magic : then and now / edited by Attilio Mastrocinque, Joseph E. Sanzo and Marianna Scapini.
Summary
An international team of scholars from different academic disciplines address some of the most important issues, texts, and objects in the study of ancient magic. The volume is divided into three primary sections. The first part offers new approaches to some of the major theoretical and methodological questions in the study of ancient magic. Most importantly, the authors offer a defense of the term "magic" as a scholarly rubric in the study of antiquity. The contributors to the second part provide novel interpretations of some of the most significant defixiones, amulets, recipes and rituals from the ancient world. The essays also engage with questions of gender, materiality, visuality, and scribal practice. The final section examines the transmission of magical practice, both in antiquity and in later periods. Accordingly, the chapters in this final section allow scholars to approach the study of magic over the longue durée. By placing into dialogue the interests, concerns, and methods of scholars from diverse academic fields, this volume provides an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of premodern magic.
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- Publication Date:©2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Franz Steiner Verlag
- Place of Publication:Stuttgart
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
The Physical Object
- Description:451 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783515127967, 3515127968
- oclc:on1193277872
- LC Classification:BF1591
- Dewey Decimal:938
Table of Contents
Section 1: Magic as a category: voices from the past, voices from the present : Deconstructing The Deconstructionists: A Response To Recent Criticisms Of The Rubric "Ancient Magic" / Joseph E. Sanzo -- "Pure Magic" And Its Taxonomic Value / Antón Alvar Nuño, Jaime Alvar Ezquerra -- Pliny The Elder Between Magic And Medicine / Orietta D. Cordovanna -- Section 2: Interpreting magical texts and objects : Anti-Witchcraft Rituals Against Depression In Assyro-Babylonian Therapeutic Texts / Silvia Salin -- A Lamella From Vinkovci (Croatia) And The Jewish Necromancy / Attilio Mastrocinque -- Seth In The Fountain Of Anna Perenna? A New Interpretation Of The Container / Cecilia Sámchez Natalías -- Domino Neptuno Corulo Pare(N)Tatur: Magic And Law In The Romano-Celtic World / Francisco Marco Simón -- Lamps As Ritual And "Magical" Objects In Archaeological Contexts / Francesca Diosono -- Magia Y Cultos "Orientales" En La Dacia Romana / Juan Ramón Carbó García -- Play With Fate / Véronique Dasen -- The Use Of Divine Images In The Dream-Divination Recipes Of The Greek Magical Papyri / Christopher A. Faraone -- Women As Users Of Erotic Spells: Evidence Provided By Papyri And Defixiones / Emilio …
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