audiobook Life and Loyalty: A Study in the Socio-Religious Culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman Period Based on Epigraphical Evidence (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (Sinica Leidensia) by Klaas Dijkstra in History

Description

This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The 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 focussing on taxonomy and definition. The concluding essays apply contemporary theories to analyses of specific test cases in a broad variety of ancient Mediterranean cultures. Paul Mirecki; Th.D. (1986) in Religious Studies; Harvard Divinity School; is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas. Marvin Meyer; 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.