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Ancient Christians lived in a world of 'magic.' They and others-particularly those of low status-used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings. These curses, and invective against them, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions and their aesthetics: their use of materiality, poetics, song, and incantation.

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Introduction: Curses, Religion, Aesthetics; 1. Making justice: curses, Justin Martyr, and the nailing of documents; 2. Substance and story: a greengrocer and the drowned Pharaoh at Antioch; Interlude; 3. Tongues, breath, stutter: 1 Corinthians and a Corinthian curse; 4. Incantation: sound and song as curse, cure, and gospel; Conclusions.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 31/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9781009405737, 978-1009405737
      ISBN10: 100940573X
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      Christianity History of religion

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ancient Christians lived in a world of 'magic.' They and others-particularly those of low status-used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings. These curses, and invective against them, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions and their aesthetics: their use of materiality, poetics, song, and incantation.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Curses, Religion, Aesthetics; 1. Making justice: curses, Justin Martyr, and the nailing of documents; 2. Substance and story: a greengrocer and the drowned Pharaoh at Antioch; Interlude; 3. Tongues, breath, stutter: 1 Corinthians and a Corinthian curse; 4. Incantation: sound and song as curse, cure, and gospel; Conclusions.

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