Syriac Love Charms: Part II. The Prayer-Type
The first part of our inquiry on Syriac love charms was devoted to the recipe-type charms. This article edits four more Syriac love charms, which we attribute to the so-called prayer-type. The special features of this type of Syriac love charms are addressed and compared with that of the recipe-type...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Scrinium
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-48 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBL Near East and North Africa NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
magic books
B Magic B Syriac charms B Aramaic B erotic magic B Eastern Christianity B medieval and modern Syriac manuscripts |
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| Summary: | The first part of our inquiry on Syriac love charms was devoted to the recipe-type charms. This article edits four more Syriac love charms, which we attribute to the so-called prayer-type. The special features of this type of Syriac love charms are addressed and compared with that of the recipe-type texts, edited in Part I. The commentary to each text provides philological notes and parallels, both from within and outside of Syriac magical tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 1817-7565 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scrinium
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18177565-bja10060 |