{"product_id":"magic-and-ritual-in-the-ancient-world-9789004283244","title":"Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World","description":"This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early Christianity and patristics, and Coptic and Islamic Egypt.\u003cbr\u003eThe strength of the present volume lies in the breadth of scholarly approaches represented. The book begins with several papyrological studies presenting important new texts in Greek and Coptic, continuing with essays focusing on taxonomy and definition. The concluding essays apply contemporary theories to analyses of specific test cases in a broad variety of ancient Mediterranean cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Mirecki\u003c\/b\u003e, Th.D. (1986) in Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. He is the founding Chair of the Manichaean Studies Group (1988). His publications include a wide variety of books and articles on ancient Mediterranean religions with a primary focus on Greek and Coptic papyrology, including, with J. BeDuhn, \u003ci\u003eThe Light and the Darkness: Studies in Manichaeism and its World\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and, with C. Hedrick, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarvin Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D. (1979) in Religion, Claremont Graduate School, is Professor of Religion at Chapman University, Orange, California, and Director of the Coptic Magical Texts Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. He has published extensively on ancient Gnostic and Magical traditions, including \u003ci\u003eThe Magical Book of Mary and the Angels\u003c\/i\u003e (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 685) (1996) and, with R. Smith, \u003ci\u003eAncient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857861480722,"sku":"9789004283244","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93f2dd8a-16bf-41ea-8ae4-8fb4c8693eb3.jpg?v=1737541060","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/magic-and-ritual-in-the-ancient-world-9789004283244","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}