Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions (Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity)

Moriggi, Marco (EDT)/ Bhayro, Siam (EDT)

Brill（2021/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 254 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004467194

Full Description

The study of the Syriac magical traditions has largely been marginalised within Syriac studies, with the earliest treatments displaying a disparaging attitude towards both the culture and its magical practices. Despite significant progress in more recent scholarship in respect of the culture, its magical practices and their associated literatures remain on the margins of the scholarly imagination. This volume aims to open a discussion on the history of the field, to evaluate how things have progressed, and to suggest a fruitful way forward. In doing so, this volume demonstrates the incredible riches contained within the Syriac magical traditions, and the necessity of their study.

Contents

Preface

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

1 Syriac Studies and Magic: An Introduction

 Siam Bhayro and Marco Moriggi

2 Syriac Magic: An Overview of Previous Approaches and Prospects for the Future

 Abigail Pearson

3 Syriac Magic and Medicine: A Near-Eastern Paradigm of Priestcraft

 Siam Bhayro

4 Syriac Incantation Bowls and the Mesopotamian Context: A Glimpse into Christian-Jewish Cultural Interactions

 Marco Moriggi

5 More on the 'Book of Protection' and the Syriac 'Charms': New Texts and Perspectives for the Study of Magic and Religion

 Michael Zellmann-Rohrer

6 Traces of a Storied Universe: Biblical Figures and Motifs in Late-Antique Syriac Amulets

 Nils H. Korsvoll

7 Soundings in the Textual History of Syriac Amulets

 David Calabro

8 Syriac Magic and the Contemporary Christian Milieu: Continuity or Discontinuity?

 Gaby Abousamra

9 A Mandaean Lamella and Its Parallels: BM 132957 + BM 132947 + BM 132954

 Matthew Morgenstern and Ohad Abudraham

Index of Subjects

Index of Texts