Demons and illness from antiquity to the early-modern period

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...

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发表在:Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity
企业作者: Demons and Illness: Theory and Practice from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, Veranstaltung 2013, Exeter (Author)
其他作者: Bhayro, Siam 1973- (Editor) ; Rider, Catherine (Editor)
格式: Print 图书
语言:English
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出版: Leiden Boston Brill [2017]
In: Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity (volume 5)
Year: 2017
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
丛编:Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity volume 5
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 疾病 / 附身 / 法术 / 历史
B 神迹医治 / 驱魔 / 历史
Further subjects:B Superstitions History
B Demonology
B Spirit Possession History
B Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
B Konferenzschrift 2013 (Exeter)
B Demonology History
B Religion and Medicine
B Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric History
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Erscheint auch als: Demons and Illness from Antiquity to the Early-Modern Period
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总结: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
ISBN:9004338535