Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World : Studies in Honor of Christopher A. Faraone

by: Edmonds III, R.G. Lopez-Ruiz, C. Torallas-Tovar, S.

Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Studies in Honor of Christopher A. Faraone

Edited By Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Carolina López-Ruiz, Sofía Torallas-Tovar

Description

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.

Table of Contents
Prologue – A Kind of Magic: A Tribute to Christopher Faraone - Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Carolina López-Ruiz, and Sofía Torallas Tovar; Section I Materials; 1. Mustering Knowledge in the Longer Greco-Egyptian Formularies - Richard Gordon; 2. The Composition of GEMF 31/PGM I and Its Sources - Sofía Torallas Tovar; 3. He Means ?Rose?: Marginal Notes in the Greek Papyri of the Theban Magical Library - Korshi Dosoo; 4. The Magic Hour: Cultures of Timekeeping in GEMF 57/PGM IV - Kassandra Miller; 5. Practice your Spells When It Suits You Best. The “Cycles of the Moon” Transmitted in GEMF 74/PGM VII and GEMF 55 /PGM III - Raquel Martin Hernández; 6. Stars and Stones: Practice, Materiality, and Ontology in Astrological Rites - Ian S. Moyer; 7. The Limits of Textuality in Artemidorοs? Oneirocritica - Kenneth W. Yu; 8. Magical Magnets? Mastering the Winds on a North Aegean Island - Sandra Blakely; 9. Fencing in the Drivers and the Chariot Horses in a Latin Defixio from Hadrumetum (DT 277 + 278) - Celia Sánchez Natalías; Section II Cross-Cultural Contexts;10. The Problem of the Magi - Bruce Lincoln; 11. Magicians and Mendicants: New Light from the Marmarini Inscription - Radcliffe G. Edmonds III; 12. Egyptian Herakles and Syrian Aphrodite?: Phoenician Art and Cultural Exchange in the Ancient Mediterranean - Carolina López-Ruiz; 13. Uncovering an Earlier Version of the Demeter-Persephone Story: The Anatolian Background of Hekate?s Appearance in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter - Mary R. Bachvarova; 14. A Bronze Medallion in Madrid: Cross-Cultural and Material Transmission of an Amuletic Tradition from Syria to Sicily - Roy D. Kotansky; 15. “Bind Them as a Sign on Your Hand”: Amulets and Tefillin in Rabbinic Texts - Megan S. Nutzman; 16. A Misplaced Mummy: Thelxinoe?s Corpse in Xenophon?s Ephesiaka - Janet Downie; Epilogue – A Kind of Magic: The Work and Legacy of Christopher Faraone - Clifford Ando.

A Historical Greek Reader : Mycenaean to the Koine

by: Colvin, S.

• ISBN-13: 9780199226603 / 978-0-19-922660-3
• ISBN-03: 0199226601 / 0-19-922660-1
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

Price: 56,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

Gesetz und Billigkeit im Attischen Prozess

by: Meyer-Laurin, H.

• Hermann Bohlaus Nachfolger, Weimar, 1965

Price: 19,00 EURO

1 copy in stock

ΜΕΤΑΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ ΣΤΟ ΝΟΜΟ ΓΡΕΒΕΝΩΝ : ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΟΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΗ ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ ΣΤΗ ΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 15ο ΕΩΣ ΤΟ 19ο ΑΙΩΝΑ

by: ΣΑΒΒΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ - ΚΑΤΣΙΚΗ, ΞΑΝΘΗ

• ISBN-13: 9789606562679 / 978-960-656-267-9
• ISBN-03: 9606562670 / 960-656-267-0
• ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΙΚΟΣ ΣΤΑΜΟΥΛΗ, ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ / Thessaloniki, 2025

Price: 49,61 EURO

1 copy in stock

Bridges in the Ancient Mediterranean

by: Falke, A.K. Neitmann, F. Simic, A.

• ISBN-13: 9783506797131 / 978-3-506-79713-1
• ISBN-03: 3506797131 / 3-506-79713-1
• Brill Schoningh, Paderborn, 2025

Nicaea 325 : Reassessing the Contemporary Sources

by: Fernandez, S.

• ISBN-13: 9783506797865 / 978-3-506-79786-5
• ISBN-03: 3506797867 / 3-506-79786-7
• Brill Schoningh, Paderborn, 2025

Early Christianity on the Lower Maeander : Between Ignatius and Apollo: Greek Cities in the Interplay of Religious Authorities

by: Huttner, U.

• ISBN-13: 9789004725287 / 978-90-04-72528-7
• ISBN-03: 9004725288 / 90-04-72528-8
• E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2025

Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World : Studies in Honor of Christopher A. Faraone

by: Edmonds III, R.G. Lopez-Ruiz, C. Torallas-Tovar, S.

• ISBN-13: 9781032341279 / 978-1-032-34127-9
• ISBN-03: 1032341270 / 1-03-234127-0
• Routledge, London, 2024

Aristotle's De anima

by: Polansky, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780521862745
• ISBN-03: 0521862744
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

Les Cultes Indigenes en Carie

by: Laumonier, A.

• De Boccard, Paris, 1958