Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions /

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)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2022.

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

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Magic > Syria.

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Call Number: BF1622.S95

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.