Making Amulets Christian: Artefacts, Scribes, and Contexts examines Greek amulets with
Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a�…

Defining'magic'is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers,
anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential�…

Within the 'market of healing'of Christian Egypt (here broadly considered as the fourth
through twelfth centuries CE),'magical'practitioners represent an elusive yet recurrent�…

In this paper, I explore the creative use of biblical traditions in so-called “magical” texts
through a detailed analysis of the crucifixion tradition on Brit. Lib. Or. 6796 (4), 6796, a�…

The cognitive science of religion that has emerged over the last twenty years is a
multidisciplinary field that often challenges established theories in anthropology and�…

This chapter proposes a new cognitive explanation of magic and applies it to early Christian
evidence from the first and second centuries AD. It argues that magic emerges and survives�…

This paper has a dual focus: one, on the interconnections between the role of women in
magical practice and the use of recurrent 'magical instruments'; 1 two, on some recurrent�…

This chapter argues that what links detention centres in Egypt, on one hand, and what
defines sins, repentance, discipline, and punishment among Coptic Christians, on the other�…

Este trabajo analiza los rasgos esenciales de un tipo de analog�a persuasiva omnipresente
en los rituales m�gico-religiosos: la noci�n metaf�rica de nudo o atadura m�gicos, tanto en�…

Abstract “The Virgin Mary in Ritual in Late Antique Egypt: Origins, Practice, and Legacy”
examines the significance of the Virgin Mary for the ritual activities of Christians in Egypt�…