Between Magic and Religion

Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and Society
Herausgeber: Asirvatham, Sulochana; Watrous, John; Pache, Corinne

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Produktbeschreibung

Between Magic and Religion represents a radical rethinking of traditional distinctions involving the term 'religion' in the ancient Greek world and beyond, through late antiquity to the seventeenth century. The title indicates the fluidity of such concepts as religion and magic, highlighting the wide variety of meanings evoked by these shifting terms from ancient to modern times. The contributors put these meanings to the test, applying a wide range of methods in exploring the many varieties of available historical, archaeological, iconographical, and literary evidence. No reader will ever think of magic and religion the same way after reading through the findings presented in this book. Both terms emerge in a new light, with broader applications and deeper meanings.

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Produktdetails

• Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780847699698
• ISBN-10: 0847699692
• Artikelnr.: 21175011

Autorenporträt

Edited by Sulochana Asirvatham; Corinne Pache and John Watrous - Contributions by Ellen Bradshaw Aitken; Sulochana R. Asirvatham; Spencer Cole; Kate Blair-Dixon; Mary Margaret Fulghum; Prudence J. Jones; Amanda Luyster; Corinne Odine Pache; Zsuzsanna Várh

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Introduction Part 4 Part I: Ancient
Religion, Self and Other Part 5 A: Greeks and Others Chapter 6 Barbarian
Bond: Thracian Bendis among the Athenians Chapter 7 Magic, Religion, and
Syncretism at the Oracle of Claros Part 8 B: Roman Magic and Religion from
Two Perspectives Chapter 9 Saving Water: Early Floods in the Forum Chapter
10 Magic, Dreams, and Ritual in the Iroquois Conversion Part 11 Part II:
Man, Hero or God? Chapter 12 The Dynamics of Deification in Horace's Odes
1-3 Chapter 13 Olympias' Snake and Callisthenes' Stand: Religion and
Politics in Plutarch's Life of Alexander Chapter 14 The Cult of Achilles in
Philostratus' Heroikos: A Study in the Relation of Canon and Ritual Part 15
Part III: Religious Iconography in Late Antiquity Chapter 16 Coins Used as
Amulets in Late Antiquity Chapter 17 A Reconsideration of Early Byzantine
Marriage Rings Chapter 18 The Femme-aux-Serpents at Moissac: Luxuria (Lust)
or a Bad Mother? Part 19 Bibliography Part 20 Index