Magic in the Roman world : pagans, Jews, and Christians /
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| Author / Creator: | Janowitz, Naomi. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2001. |
| Description: | xiii, 145 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion in the first Christian centuries ; Religion in the first Christian centuries. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4461697 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Greco-Roman, Christian and Jewish concepts of "magic"
- Pliny's critique of the magi
- The church fathers' views of magic
- Rabbinic classifications of magic
- 2. Daimons and angels and the world of exorcism
- The rise of angelology and daimonology
- Daimons, possession and exorcism
- 3. Ancient rites for gaining lovers
- 4. Using natural forces for divine goals: Maria the Jewess and early alchemy
- 5. Divine power, human hands: becoming gods in the first centuries
- The emergence of deification techniques
- Deification techniques in early Christian texts
- Ascent techniques routinized
- 6. "Even the decent women practice witchcraft": magic and gender in late antiquity.