{"product_id":"ancient-christians-and-the-power-of-curses-9781009405737","title":"Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAncient 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: 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.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083796128087,"sku":"9781009405737","price":80.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781009405737.jpg?v=1725550048","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ancient-christians-and-the-power-of-curses-9781009405737","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}