Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions /

The study of the Syriac magical traditions has largely been marginalised within Syriac studies, with the earliest treatments displaying a disparaging attitude towards both the culture and its magical practices. Despite significant progress in more recent scholarship in respect of the culture, its ma...

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Other Authors: Bhayro, Siam (Editor), Moriggi, Marco (Editor)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2022.

Series: Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity ; 9.

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505 0 |a Preface -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Syriac Studies and Magic: An Introduction -- Siam Bhayro and Marco Moriggi -- 2 Syriac Magic: An Overview of Previous Approaches and Prospects for the Future -- Abigail Pearson -- 3 Syriac Magic and Medicine: A Near-Eastern Paradigm of Priestcraft -- Siam Bhayro -- 4 Syriac Incantation Bowls and the Mesopotamian Context: A Glimpse into Christian-Jewish Cultural Interactions -- Marco Moriggi -- 5 More on the 'Book of Protection' and the Syriac 'Charms': New Texts and Perspectives for the Study of Magic and Religion -- Michael Zellmann-Rohrer -- 6 Traces of a Storied Universe : Biblical Figures and Motifs in Late-Antique Syriac Amulets -- Nils H. Korsvoll -- 7 Soundings in the Textual History of Syriac Amulets -- David Calabro -- 8 Syriac Magic and the Contemporary Christian Milieu: Continuity or Discontinuity? -- Gaby Abousamra -- 9 A Mandaean Lamella and Its Parallels: BM  132957 + BM  132947 + BM  132954 -- Matthew Morgenstern and Ohad Abudraham -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Texts. 
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