Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique WorldScott Noegel, Joel Walker Walker |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | |
LOCATING MAGIC | 17 |
HERE THERE AND ANYWHERE | 19 |
PRAYER MAGIC AND RITUAL | 35 |
THESSALOS OF TRALLES AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE | 37 |
THE PRAYER OF MARY IN THE MAGICAL BOOK OF MARY AND THE ANGELS | 55 |
HEBREW HEBREW EVERYWHERE? NOTES ON THE INTERPRETATION OF VOICES MAGICAE | 67 |
MAGIC AND SOCIETY IN LATE SASANIAN IRAQ | 81 |
STARS AND THE EGYPTIAN PRIESTHOOD IN THE GRAECOROMAN PERIOD | 135 |
DIVINATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS FINDING AND QUESTIONING MEANING IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL JUDAISM | 153 |
THE SUN THE MOON AND THE STARS | 165 |
HEAVEN AND EARTH DIVINEHUMAN RELATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIAN CELESTIAL DIVINATION | 167 |
ASTRAL RELIGION AND THE REPRESENTATION OF DIVINITY THE CASES OF UGARIT AND JUDAH | 185 |
A NEW STAR ON THE HORIZON ASTRAL CHRISTOLOGIES AND STELLAR DEBATES IN EARLY CHRISTIAN DISCOURSE | 205 |
AT THE SEIZURE OF THE MOON THE ABSENCE OF THE MOON IN THE MITHRAS LITURGY | 221 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 239 |
DREAMS AND DIVINATION | 107 |
THE OPEN PORTAL DREAMS AND DIVINE POWER IN PHARAONIC EGYPT | 109 |
VISCERA AND THE DIVINE DREAMS AS THE DIVINATORY BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CORPOREAL AND THE INCORPOREAL | 123 |
INDEX | 243 |
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