Author: Janowitz, Naomi:
Title: Icons of Power. Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity. (= Magic in History)
Description: University Park: Pennsylvania State University. 2002 xxv, [3], 161, [3 blank] pp. Original illustrated boards. Gross-Oktav, 24,2 x 16,5 cm (Very good.). Contents: Introduction; Late Antique Theories of Efficacy; The Divine Name as Effective Language; Thinking with the Divine Name: Theories of Language in Christian Exegesis; The Meaning of Letters: From Divine Name to Cosmic Sounds; Using Names, Letters, and Praise: The Language of Ascent; Combining Words and Deed: Angelic Imprecations in the Book of Secrets; Transformation by Deed Alone: The Case of Alchemy; Concluding Note; Select Bibliography; Primary Source Index; General Index. - Naomi Janowitz is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Davis. Janowitz shifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and how to perform them. Erste Ausgabe. Illustrierter Original-Pappband. Fast neuwertig. - First edition. - RFM - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. ISBN: 0271021470 Free shipping to Germany, shipping costs abroad 6,00 EUR.
Keywords: [Okkultismus Occulta Ritual Magie Antike Alchemie Engel; Theologie] 0271021470
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Title: Icons of Power. Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity. (= Magic in History)
Description: University Park: Pennsylvania State University. 2002 xxv, [3], 161, [3 blank] pp. Original illustrated boards. Gross-Oktav, 24,2 x 16,5 cm (Very good.). Contents: Introduction; Late Antique Theories of Efficacy; The Divine Name as Effective Language; Thinking with the Divine Name: Theories of Language in Christian Exegesis; The Meaning of Letters: From Divine Name to Cosmic Sounds; Using Names, Letters, and Praise: The Language of Ascent; Combining Words and Deed: Angelic Imprecations in the Book of Secrets; Transformation by Deed Alone: The Case of Alchemy; Concluding Note; Select Bibliography; Primary Source Index; General Index. - Naomi Janowitz is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California Davis. Janowitz shifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and how to perform them. Erste Ausgabe. Illustrierter Original-Pappband. Fast neuwertig. - First edition. - RFM - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. ISBN: 0271021470 Free shipping to Germany, shipping costs abroad 6,00 EUR.
Keywords: [Okkultismus Occulta Ritual Magie Antike Alchemie Engel; Theologie] 0271021470
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- Book number: 952181
- Book number: 952181
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