Christian Magicians, Jewish Magical Idioms, and the Shared Magical Culture of Late Antiquity*
Some time in the late-fifth or early-sixth century CE, a ritual practitioner—operating in the environs of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt—created a protective amulet that reads, “Hôr, Hôr, Phôr, Elôei, Adônai, Iaô, Sabaôth, Michaêl, Jesus Christ. Help us and this house. Amen” (Ὡρ, Ὡρ, Φωρ, Ἐλωεί, Ἀδωναί, Ἰάω, Σα...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2017, Volume: 110, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-240 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christianity
/ Judaism
/ Magic
/ History 300-700
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RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements BH Judaism CA Christianity KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages |
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