{"product_id":"studies-in-the-syriac-magical-traditions-9789004467194","title":"Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe study of the Syriac magical traditions has largely been marginalised within Syriac studies, with the earliest treatments displaying a disparaging attitude towards both the culture and its magical practices. Despite significant progress in more recent scholarship in respect of the culture, its magical practices and their associated literatures remain on the margins of the scholarly imagination. This volume aims to open a discussion on the history of the field, to evaluate how things have progressed, and to suggest a fruitful way forward. In doing so, this volume demonstrates the incredible riches contained within the Syriac magical traditions, and the necessity of their study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  List of Figures  Notes on Contributors    1 Syriac Studies and Magic: An Introduction   Siam Bhayro and Marco Moriggi    2 Syriac Magic: An Overview of Previous Approaches and Prospects for the Future   Abigail Pearson    3 Syriac Magic and Medicine: A Near-Eastern Paradigm of Priestcraft   Siam Bhayro    4 Syriac Incantation Bowls and the Mesopotamian Context: A Glimpse into Christian-Jewish Cultural Interactions   Marco Moriggi    5 More on the ‘Book of Protection’ and the Syriac ‘Charms’: New Texts and Perspectives for the Study of Magic and Religion   Michael Zellmann-Rohrer    6 Traces of a Storied Universe: Biblical Figures and Motifs in Late-Antique Syriac Amulets   Nils H. Korsvoll    7 Soundings in the Textual History of Syriac Amulets   David Calabro    8 Syriac Magic and the Contemporary Christian Milieu: Continuity or Discontinuity?   Gaby Abousamra    9 A Mandaean Lamella and Its Parallels: BM 132957 + BM 132947 + BM 132954   Matthew Morgenstern and Ohad Abudraham    Index of Subjects  Index of Texts","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210826408279,"sku":"9789004467194","price":104.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/studies-in-the-syriac-magical-traditions-9789004467194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}