The ‘Fascinating’ World of the Evil Eye Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World. Volume 1: Introduction, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, John H. Elliott, James Clarke & Co., 2016 (ISBN 978-0-227-17568-2), xxii + 209 pp., pb £16 Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World. Volume 2: Greece and Rome, John H. Elliott, James Clarke & Co., 2016 (ISBN 978-0-227-17613-9), xxxvi + 334 pp., pb £27.50 Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World. Volume 3: The Bible and Related Sources, John H. Elliott, James Clarke & Co., 2017 (ISBN 978-0-227-17667-2), xxx + 354 pp., pb £32 Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World. Volume 4: Postbiblical Israel and Early Christianity through Late Antiquity, John H. Elliott, Wipf and Stock, 2017 (ISBN 978-1-4982-3072-8), xxvi + 220 pp., pb 29
The Evil Eye is a pervasive folkloric belief in the eye as an active organ. Historically, the belief and its related protective practices have been much maligned by modern Western attitudes. Origins of the belief, as best as can be traced, are pinned to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. From there, the...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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Reviews in religion and theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-11 |
| Review of: | Beware the evil eye ; Volume 4: Postbiblical Israel and early Christianity through late antiquity (Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2017) (Askin, Lindsey A.)
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Book review
B Greed B Magic B Apotropaic B Evil Eye B Envy B Gluttony |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
