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Magic and the supernatural in fourth century Syria [electronic resource] / Silke Trzcionka.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Routledge, 2007.Description: xi, 220 pISBN:
  • 9780203087497
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition.
Contents:
ch. 1. Introduction -- ch.2. The status quaestionis -- ch. 3. Syria and Palestine : a fourth-century background -- ch. 4. Curses for courses : heavy tactics in the hippodrome -- ch. 5. Supernatural sabotage : ensuring a successful livelihood -- ch. 6. Demanding deisre : rituals of love and lust -- ch. 7. The apotropaic : protecting good fortune -- ch. 8. Illness and healing : threats and retaliation in a discourse of power -- ch. 9. Possession and expulsion : experiencing and dispelling the daimonic -- ch. 10 Conclusions : ambitions, desires, fears and insecurities.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-216) and index.

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch.2. The status quaestionis -- ch. 3. Syria and Palestine : a fourth-century background -- ch. 4. Curses for courses : heavy tactics in the hippodrome -- ch. 5. Supernatural sabotage : ensuring a successful livelihood -- ch. 6. Demanding deisre : rituals of love and lust -- ch. 7. The apotropaic : protecting good fortune -- ch. 8. Illness and healing : threats and retaliation in a discourse of power -- ch. 9. Possession and expulsion : experiencing and dispelling the daimonic -- ch. 10 Conclusions : ambitions, desires, fears and insecurities.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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