Magic in the Roman World
Pagans, Jews and Christians
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-20207-7
- Binding: Paperback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 21st June 2001
- Pages: 160
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About the Book
Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term for other people's rituals. Naomi Janowitz shows that 'magical' activities were integral to late antique religious practice, and that they must be understood from the perspective of those who employed them.
About the Author(s)
Naomi Janowitz is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California-Davis. She is the author of
Poetics of Ascent (1989) and numerous articles on the religions of late antiquity.
