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Ancient magic : then and now

Title
Ancient magic : then and now / edited by Attilio Mastrocinque, Joseph E. Sanzo and Marianna Scapini.
Publication
  • Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Mastrocinque, Attilio.
  • Sanzo, Joseph E., 1980-
  • Scapini, Marianna.
Description
451 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
An international team of scholars from different academic disciplines address some of the most important issues, texts, and objects in the study of ancient magic. The volume is divided into three primary sections. The first part offers new approaches to some of the major theoretical and methodological questions in the study of ancient magic. Most importantly, the authors offer a defense of the term "magic" as a scholarly rubric in the study of antiquity. The contributors to the second part provide novel interpretations of some of the most significant defixiones, amulets, recipes and rituals from the ancient world. The essays also engage with questions of gender, materiality, visuality, and scribal practice. The final section examines the transmission of magical practice, both in antiquity and in later periods. Accordingly, the chapters in this final section allow scholars to approach the study of magic over the longue durée. By placing into dialogue the interests, concerns, and methods of scholars from diverse academic fields, this volume provides an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of premodern magic.
Series Statement
  • Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Band 74
  • Ancient history
Uniform Title
  • Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany)
  • Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Bd. 74.
Subject
Magic, Ancient
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • 16 English, 5 Italian, 2 Spanish contributions.
Call Number
JFE 21-2735
ISBN
  • 9783515127967
  • 3515127968
LCCN
9783515127967
OCLC
1193277872
Title
Ancient magic : then and now / edited by Attilio Mastrocinque, Joseph E. Sanzo and Marianna Scapini.
Publisher
Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Band 74
Ancient history
Alte Geschichte (Stuttgart, Germany)
Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge ; Bd. 74.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
16 English, 5 Italian, 2 Spanish contributions.
Added Author
Mastrocinque, Attilio.
Sanzo, Joseph E., 1980-
Scapini, Marianna.
Other Standard Identifier
9783515127967
Research Call Number
JFE 21-2735
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