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Author : Christopher Faraone,Sofia Torallas Tovar
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472133277
Essays on the magical handbooks of Greco-Roman Egypt
Author : Christopher A. Faraone,Sofía Torallas Tovar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Coptic manuscripts (Papyri)
ISBN : OCLC:1412120410
The magical formularies on papyrus are precious witnesses to practices and processes of cultural transmission: i.e. the creation, communication, transformation and preservation of knowledge, both in text and image, across history and between the cultures of Egypt and Greece. More than eighty such handbooks survive, some of them in a fragmentary state. Our book, the work of an international team of papyrologists and historians of magic, replaces Papyri graecae magicae edited by K. Preisendanz, which appeared almost a century ago and has been used as one of the most important sources for the study of Greek magic, augmented in the 1990s by the excellent work of R. Daniel and F. Maltomini, the Supplementum Magicum. Our project has collected all the known magical formularies and fully studied both their materiality and their texts. The facing English translation with notes replaces The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, edited by H.D. Betz. This volume, the first of two, presents the earliest of the handbooks, fifty-four in all, spanning the period from second century BCE to third century CE, in a new edition which includes the original texts in the three languages (Greek, Demotic, Coptic) with a full material description and a facing translation with commentary.
Author : Jacco Dieleman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047406747
This study of two related Demotic-Greek magical handbooks provides new information about the interaction between native Egyptian priests and the Hellenized elite of Roman-period Egypt through a careful analysis language interference, textual layout, religious imagery and ritual techniques.
Author : Radcliffe G. Edmonds III,Carolina López-Ruiz,Sofía Torallas-Tovar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000989274
This volume explores aspects of ancient magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, specifically ways in which religious and mythical ideas, including the knowledge and practice of magic, were transmitted and adapted through time and across Greco-Roman, Near Eastern, and Egyptian cultures. Offering an original and innovative combination of case studies on the material aspects and cross-cultural transfers of magic and religion, this book brings together a range of contributions that cross and connect sub-fields with a pan-Mediterranean, comparative scope. Section I investigates the material aspects of magical practices, including first editions and original studies on papyri, gems, lamellae containing binding curses and protective texts, and other textual media in ancient book culture. Several chapters feature the Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri, the compilation of magical recipes in the formularies, and the role of physical book-forms in the transmission of magical knowledge. Section II explores magic and religion as nodes of cultural exchange in the ancient Mediterranean. Case studies range from Egypt to Anatolia and from Syria-Phoenicia to Sicily, with Greco-Roman religion and myth integrated in a diverse and interconnected Mediterranean landscape. Readers encounter studies featuring charismatic figures of Magi and itinerant begging priests, the multiple understandings of deities such as Hekate, Herakles, or Aphrodite, or the perceived exotic origin of cult statues, mummies, amulets, and cursing formulae, which bring to light the rich intercultural networks of the ancient Mediterranean, and the crucial role of magic and religion in the process of cross-cultural adaptation and innovation. Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World appeals to both specialized and non-specialized audiences, with expert contributions written in an accessible way. This is a fascinating resource for students and scholars working on magic, religion, and mythology in the ancient Mediterranean.
Author : Stephen Skinner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0956828566
Author : Hans Dieter Betz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Magic
ISBN : 0226044440
Author : Christopher A. Faraone,Dirk Obbink
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195354836
This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, and, in each case, determine whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J.H.M. Strubbe, H.S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C.R. Phillips.
Author : Geraldine Pinch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UCBK:C099493649
The Egyptians were famous in the ancient world for their knowledge of magic. Religion, medicine, technology and what we would call magic co-existed without apparent conflict, and it was not unusual for magical and 'practical' remedies to be used side by side.
Author : Maria G. Spathi,Maria Chidiroglou,Jenny Wallensten
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803277509
The belief in the existence of evil forces was part of ancient everyday life and a phenomenon deeply embedded in popular thought of the Greek world. Stemming from a conference held in Athens in June 2021, this volume addresses the apotropaia and phylakteria from different perspectives: via literary sources, archaeological material, and iconography.
Author : I. I. I. Radcliffe G. G. Edmonds III,Radcliffe G. Edmonds III
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691230214
An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman world What did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In Drawing Down the Moon, Radcliffe Edmonds, one of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world, provides the most comprehensive account of the varieties of phenomena labeled as magic in classical antiquity. Exploring why certain practices, images, and ideas were labeled as “magic” and set apart from “normal” kinds of practices, Edmonds gives insight into the shifting ideas of religion and the divine in the ancient past and later Western tradition. Using fresh approaches to the history of religions and the social contexts in which magic was exercised, Edmonds delves into the archaeological record and classical literary traditions to examine images of witches, ghosts, and demons as well as the fantastic powers of metamorphosis, erotic attraction, and reversals of nature, such as the famous trick of drawing down the moon. From prayer and divination to astrology and alchemy, Edmonds journeys through all manner of ancient magical rituals and paraphernalia—ancient tablets, spell books, bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, and amulets and talismans. He considers the ways in which the Greco-Roman discourse of magic was formed amid the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, including Egypt and the Near East. An investigation of the mystical and marvelous, Drawing Down the Moon offers an unparalleled record of the origins, nature, and functions of ancient magic.
Author : Francis Llewellyn Griffith,Herbert Thompson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0486229947
First complete translation of crucial 3rd-century A.D. manuscript of Egyptian magic, medicine. 15-foot roll of papyrus reveals spells, incantations, aphrodisiacs, invoking various gods. Probably compilation of practicing Egyptian sorcerer. Transliteration of demotic included.
Author : Paul Mirecki,Marvin Meyer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047400400
This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early Christianity and patristics, and Coptic and Islamic Egypt. The strength of the present volume lies in the breadth of scholarly approaches represented. The book begins with several papyrological studies presenting important new texts in Greek and Coptic, continuing with essays focusing on taxonomy and definition. The concluding essays apply contemporary theories to analyses of specific test cases in a broad variety of ancient Mediterranean cultures.
Author : Christopher A Plaisance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910191183
Evocating the Gods: Divine Evocation in the Græco-Egyptian Magical Papyri offers the first dedicated analysis of the practice and context of theagogy (the practice of ritually invoking a god or gods) within the Late Antique world of Middle and Late Platonism. Binding curses, erotic enchantments, necromancy, and daemonic evocation are all explored
Author : Robert Kriech Ritner
Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029564591
To date, no comprehensive treatment of Egyptian magic has focused on the practice of the magician. Both general studies and textual publications have emphasized instead the religious elements in the contents of recited spells, while the accompanying instructions, with their vignettes and lists of materials, instruments, and ritual actions, remained uninvestigated. This study represents the first critical examination of such "magical techniques," revealing their widespread appearance and pivotal significance for all Egyptian "religious" practices from the earliest periods through the Coptic era, influencing as well the Greco-Egyptian magical papyri. The author also discusses the "pagan-Egyptian" influence on Old and New Testament practices and in the lives of the Coptic Desert Fathers. The third edition is a reprinting of the second, which included minor corrections from the original edition. This volume is a significant revisionist approach to ancient Egyptian magic. As a result of a methodical analysis of both the textual and archaeological records, Ritner concludes that the boundaries between ancient Egyptian magic, religion, and medicine were not as strictly observed as modern commentators believe. Furthermore, he categorically denies the frequent attempts of moderns to define ancient Egyptian magic as a phenomenon dealing with the supernatural, practiced primarily for nefarious purposes sub rosa by strictly observed as modern commentators believe. Furthermore, he categorically denies the frequent attempts of moderns to define ancient Egyptian magic as a phenomenon dealing with the supernatural, practiced primarily for nefarious purposes sub rosa by individuals outside of the religious mainstream. Ritner's engaging prose style and felicitous exegesis of even the most arcane material make for easy reading. But more important still, the content of the work ensures that it will become a vital reference tool for all engaged in any aspect of ancient Egyptian religion. [From a review by R. S. Bianchi in Journal of the American Oriental Society 114 (1994) 513-14].
Author : E. A. Wallis Budge
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780785832867
Explore the impact of magic on ancient Egyptian civilization. Sir Wallis Budge (1857 - 1934) explains magic, mystic artifacts, and their applications.