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15 produkter
Icons of Power
Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2002
1151 kr
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In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the human and the divine. Depending on one’s point of view, however, such rituals could be labeled negatively as "magic" or positively as "theurgy." This has led to numerous problems …
Icons of Power
Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity
Häftad, 2012
406 kr
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In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the human and the divine. Depending on one’s point of view, however, such rituals could be labeled negatively as "magic" or positively as "theurgy." This has led to numerous problems …
Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees
Häftad, 2019
397 kr
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Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "autonomous value" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek king Antiochus displaces the long-problematic Temple sacrificial cult with new cultic practices, and …
Magic in the Roman World
Pagans, Jews and Christians
Inbunden, 2001
2513 kr
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Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term …
Magic in the Roman World
Pagans, Jews and Christians
Häftad, 2001
648 kr
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Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term …
Magic in the Roman World
Pagans, Jews and Christians
E-bok, 2002
762 kr
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Using in-depth examples of ''magical'' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word ''magic'' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a …
Magic in the Roman World
Pagans, Jews and Christians
E-bok, 2002
746 kr
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Using in-depth examples of ''magical'' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word ''magic'' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a …
Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees
Inbunden, 2017
1000 kr
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Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "autonomous value" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek king Antiochus displaces the long-problematic Temple sacrificial cult with new cultic practices, and …
Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees
E-bok, 2017
441 kr
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Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "autonomous value" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek king Antiochus displaces the long-problematic Temple sacrificial cult with new cultic practices, and …
Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees
E-bok, 2017
450 kr
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Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "autonomous value" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek king Antiochus displaces the long-problematic Temple sacrificial cult with new cultic practices, and …
Acts of Interpretation
Ancient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes
Inbunden, 2022
1530 kr
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Ancient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as representations of divinity. These understanding of signs were based on ideas drawn from language and thus limited due to a their partial understanding of the multi-functionality of signs. Charles S. Peirce’s semiotics, as adapted by …
Acts of Interpretation
Ancient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes
E-bok, 2022
1514 kr
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Ancient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as representations of divinity. These understanding of signs were based on ideas drawn from language and thus limited due to a their partial understanding of the multi-functionality of signs. Charles S. Peirce’s semiotics, as adapted by …
Acts of Interpretation
Ancient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes
E-bok, 2022
1514 kr
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Ancient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as representations of divinity. These understanding of signs were based on ideas drawn from language and thus limited due to a their partial understanding of the multi-functionality of signs. Charles S. Peirce’s semiotics, as adapted by …
Acts of Interpretation
Ancient Religious Semiotic Ideologies and Their Modern Echoes
Häftad, 2023
214 kr
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Ancient authors debated proper verbal and non-verbal signs as representations of divinity. These understanding of signs were based on ideas drawn from language and thus limited due to a their partial understanding of the multi-functionality of signs. Charles S. Peirce’s semiotics, as adapted by …
Poetics of Ascent
Theories of Language in a Rabbinic Ascent Text
Häftad, 1988
444 kr
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This book represents the first English translation of Maaseh Merkabah, which is part of a body of early Jewish mystical texts known as palace (hekhalot) or chariot (merkabah) texts. Through a complex dialogue, a rabbi-teacher reveals to his student the techniques of ascent, methods for traveling up …
