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. This volume demonstrates the incredible riches contained within the Syriac magical traditions.
Author(s): Marco Moriggi; Siam Bhayro,
Series: Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity, 9
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 263
City: Leiden
Contents
Preface
Figures
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1. Syriac Studies and Magic: An Introduction (Moriggi and Bhayro)
Chapter 2. Syriac Magic: An Overview of Previous Approaches and Prospects for the Future (Pearson)
Chapter 3. Syriac Magic and Medicine: A Near-Eastern Paradigm of Priestcraft (Bhayro)
Chapter 4. Syriac Incantation Bowls and the Mesopotamian Context: A Glimpse into Christian-Jewish Cultural Interactions (Moriggi)
Chapter 5. More on the ‘Book of Protection’ and the Syriac ‘Charms’: New Texts and Perspectives for the Study of Magic and Religion (Zellmann-Rohrer)
Chapter 6. Traces of a Storied Universe: Biblical Figures and Motifs in Late-Antique Syriac Amulets (Korsvoll)
Chapter 7. Soundings in the Textual History of Syriac Amulets (Calabro)
Chapter 8. Syriac Magic and the Contemporary Christian Milieu: Continuity or Discontinuity? (Abousamra)
Chapter 9. A Mandaean Lamella and Its Parallels: BM 132957+BM 132947+BM 132954 (Morgenstern and Abudraham)
Index of Texts
Index of Subjects
