Envisioning magic : a Princeton seminar and symposium / edited by Peter Schäfer and Hans G. Kippenberg.
Contributor(s): Schäfer, Peter
| Kippenberg, Hans G. (Hans Gerhard)
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TextSeries: Studies in the history of religions: 75.Publisher: Leiden, the Netherlands ; New York : Brill, 1997Description: xi, 281 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9004107770 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Magic -- Congresses | Religions -- Congresses | Magic, Ancient -- Congresses | Rome -- Religion -- Congresses | Egypt -- Religion -- CongressesDDC classification: 133.4/3/09 LOC classification: BF1621 | .E58 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Selection of papers presented during a seminar and concluding symposium entitled "When religions turn into magic," which were held during the 94/95 academic year at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Magic and theology in ancient Egypt / Jan Assmann -- Magic and religion in ancient Judaism / Peter Sch̃fer -- Jewish magic in the Greek magical papyri (PGM VII.260-71) / Hans Dieter Betz -- Reporting the marvellous: private divination in the Greek magical papyri / Richard Gordon -- How to cope with a difficult life. A view of ancient magic / Fritz Graf -- Ritual expertise in Roman Egypt and the problem of the category 'magician' / David Frankfurter -- Magic in Roman civil discourse: why rituals could be illegal / Hans G. Kippenberg -- Rising to the occasion: theurgic ascent in its cultural milieu / Sarah Iles Johnston -- On Judaism, Jewish mysticism and magic / Moshe Idel -- Miracle, magic, and disenchantment in early modern Germany / Philip M. Soergel -- Between religion and magic: an analysis of witchcraft trials in the Spanish Netherlands, seventeenth century / Guido Marnef -- Language, signs and magic / Thomas M. Greene.