{"product_id":"ancient-magic-and-ritual-power-paperback","title":"Ancient Magic and Ritual Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarvin Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Mirecki\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 Coptology.\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the book the essays examine the terms employed in descriptions of ancient magic. From this examination comes a clarification of magic as a polemical term of exclusion but also an understanding of the classical Egyptian and early Greek conceptions of magic as a more neutral category of inclusion.\u003cbr\u003eThis book should prove to be foundational for future scholarly studies of ancient magic and ritual power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis publication has also been published in hardback (no longer available).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\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, Lawrence, Kansas. His publications include a wide variety of articles on ancient Mediterranean religions with a primary focus on Coptic papyrology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.41 x 8.48 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154189324423,"sku":"9780391041523","price":168.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/215d71d412fc2eddf9d73253ac291d96.webp?v=1733227277","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ancient-magic-and-ritual-power-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}