Making amulets Christian: artefacts, scribes, and contexts

'Making Amulets Christian' examines Greek amulets with Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a customary practice - the writing of incantations on amulets - changed in an increasingly Christian context. It considers how the formulation of inca...

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Main Author: De Bruyn, Theodore (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Reviews:[Rezension von: De Bruyn, Theodore, Making amulets Christian] (2022) (Arzt-Grabner, Peter, 1959 -)
[Rezension von: De Bruyn, Theodore, Making amulets Christian] (2018) (Coogan, Jeremiah)
Edition:First edition
Series/Journal:Oxford early Christian studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / Amulet / Inscription / Greek language / Christianity / Late Antiquity
B Egypt (Antiquity) / Amulet / Inscription / Greek language / Christianity / Late Antiquity / History 300-600
Further subjects:B Church history ; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
B Magic Religious aspects Christianity
B Magic ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Incantations
B Amulets, Greek ; Egypt
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
B Amulets, Greek (Egypt)
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:'Making Amulets Christian' examines Greek amulets with Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a customary practice - the writing of incantations on amulets - changed in an increasingly Christian context. It considers how the formulation of incantations and amulets changed as the Christian church became the prevailing religious institution in Egypt in the last centuries of the Roman empire
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
This edition previously issued in print: 2017
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
ISBN:0191767344
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199687886.001.0001