RT Book
T1 Demons and illness from antiquity to the early-modern period
T2 Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity
JF Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity
A2 Bhayro, Siam 1973-
A2 Rider, Catherine
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/882255509
AB In many near eastern traditions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, demons have appeared as a cause of illness from ancient times until at least the early modern period. This volume explores the relationship between demons, illness and treatment comparatively. Its twenty chapters range from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to early modern Europe, and include studies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They discuss the relationship between 'demonic' illnesses and wider ideas about illness, medicine, magic, and the supernatural. A further theme of the volume is the value of treating a wide variety of periods and places, using a comparative approach, and this is highlighted particularly in the volume's Introduction and Afterword. The chapters originated in an international conference held in 2013
CN BL480
SN 9004338535
SN 9789004338531
K1 Demonology : History
K1 Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
K1 Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric : History
K1 Religion and Medicine
K1 Spirit Possession : History
K1 Superstitions : History
K1 Demonology
K1 Konferenzschrift : 2013 : Exeter