RT Book
T1 Beware the Evil Eye: the Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World: -Volume 2 Greece and Rome
A1 Elliot, John H.
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB James Clarke and Co
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1741952867
AB Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Evil Eye Belief and Practice in Greece and Rome; From Homer to Late Roman Antiquity (800 BCE -- 600 CE) -- An Overview; Evil Eye Terminology; Evil Eye Terms from Greek to Latin; 3. Salient Features of Evil Eye Belief and Practice; An Anthropological List of Key Features; Plutarch; Ancient and Modern Versions Compared; The Ancient Evil Eye Belief Complex in Detail; The Eye as Vital and Preeminent Organ; The Eye as Active Organ and Ancient Theories of Vision.
AB The Association of an Evil Eye and an Evil TongueThe Association of Eye and Heart; The Association of the Evil Eye with Envy; Excursus on Envy; Envy-A Complex of Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors; Envy, Jealousy and Zeal; Greek and Roman Distinctions of Envy, Jealousy, and Zeal; Envy and the Evil Eye; Envy of the Gods; Envy, the Deplorable Human Vice; Envy and the Evil Eye in Sum; The Working of an Evil Eye-Ancient Emic Theories; The Evil Eye-A Phenomenon of Nature, Not a Vulgar Superstition; Possessors and Wielders of the Evil Eye; Victims and Targets of the Evil Eye.
AB Precautions and Protection against the Evil Eye and Envy-Strategies and Means (Words, Actions, Amulets)Excursus: The Apotropaic Expression Kai Sy ("You too"); Detecting and Curing Injury Caused by the Evil Eye; 4. The Transcendental Good Eye; 5. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover.
AB The second in a four-volume series exploring belief in the Evil Eye and the practices associated with it amongst the cultures of the Biblical world
CN BF1553
SN 9780227905814
SN 0227905814
K1 Evil Eye : Biblical teaching
K1 RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General