Making amulets Christian : artefacts, scribes, and contexts /

'Making Amulets Christian' examines Greek amulets with Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a customary practice - the writing of incantations on amulets - changed in an increasingly Christian context. It considers how the formulation of inca...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
De Bruyn, Theodore
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
'Making Amulets Christian' examines Greek amulets with Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a customary practice - the writing of incantations on amulets - changed in an increasingly Christian context. It considers how the formulation of incantations and amulets changed as the Christian church became the prevailing religious institution in Egypt in the last centuries of the Roman empire.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-107590-6
0-19-176734-4
Schlagworte:
30-600.
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