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Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and Practices
Graeco-Egyptian Handbooks and Related Traditions
Edited by Ljuba Merlina Bortolani, William Furley, Svenja Nagel and Joachim Friedrich Quack
[Kulturelle Pluralität in magischen Texten und Praktiken in der Antike. Griechisch-ägyptische Handbücher und verwandte Überlieferungen.]
2019. IX, 374 pages. Summary
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This conference volume explores various aspects of magic in antiquity, focusing especially on Graeco-Egyptian magical papyri and questions of cultural plurality and fusion, from earlier Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek traditions, through Graeco-Roman Egypt, up to and including Jewish and Byzantine magical lore.