Korshi Dosoo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1495375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Korshi Dosoo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Korshi |
| FAMILY NAME | Dosoo |
| SIGNATURE | DOSOO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Würzburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4566-9456 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gatherings of Words: Notes on Books of Magic from Roman Egypt
Unlike modern depictions of magical books as inherently powerful objects, handbooks from Roman Egypt are practical guides that can be fruitfully explored by attention to their physical details. This study begins by contrasting this material dimension with iconic-sacred, semantic, and expressive-performative perspectives on manuscripts before exploring the production and circulation of handbooks, starting from their basic unit, the magical recipe,…
Michael W. Zellmann-Rohrer et Edward O. D. Love, Traditions in Transmission. The Medical and Magical Texts of a Fourth-Century Greek and Coptic Codex (Michigan Ms. 136) in Context
Hérodote fut l’un des premiers auteurs grecs à remarquer la renommée des connaissances médicales des Égyptiens, si respectées dans l’Antiquité que le roi perse Cyrus fit venir un spécialiste égyptien pour le soigner (Histoires, II. 84, III. 1). Cependant, comme pour de nombreux aspects de la culture pharaonique, les érudits occidentaux n’ont eu un accès direct au contenu de la médecine égyptienne qu’au xixe siècle. Ainsi, lorsque la traduction d’…
Magikon zōon: Animal et magie dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge
Associer deux thèmes en apparence plutôt marginaux comme la magie et les animaux pourrait sembler à première vue en accroître la marginalisation, or le but de cet ouvrage collectif est bien d’y trouver de nouvelles perspectives et de nouvelles interprétations des sociétés antiques et médiévales. L’intérêt croissant pour l’histoire de la magie et des sciences occultes ces dernières années a conduit à un profond renouvellement de ce champ d’étude. …
The Powers of Death: Memory, Place and Eschatology in a Coptic Curse
The Powers of Death: Memory, Place and Eschatology in a Coptic Curse
Healing Traditions in Coptic Magical Texts
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 category. This article explores the evidence for magical healing from three perspectives – first, literary texts which situate ‘magicians’ in competition with medical and ecclesiastical healing; second, the papyrological evidence of Coptic-language magical texts, which p…
A Coptic Magical Text for Virginity in Marriage: A Witness to “Celibate Marriage” from Christian Egypt
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose (CA) owns a small but important collection of unpublished Coptic papyri and parchments. One notable papyrus preserves a unique text in which the practitioner invokes an unnamed female figure to help a woman protect her “purity,” “virginity,” and “marriage.” Although the specific context behind the text is not altogether clear and the appeal for virginity in marriage is curious and without parallel in ot…
Auteur et autorité, tradition et révélation: Études De Cas Des Magies Gréco-Égyptienne Et Chrétienne Copte
La créativité des pratiques rituelles des traditions magiques gréco-égyptienne et chrétienne se présente de façon constante et paradoxale comme étant fondée sur une connaissance ancienne et éternelle, transmise de la sphère divine au domaine humain, soit de façon temporelle par une série de « figures de mémoire », soit au travers d'une distance ontologique, par révélation divine directe. Cette étude explore les tensions et les contradictions de c…
Circe’s Ram 1
Both human or animal studies and the field of ancient magic have seen considerable growth in recent decades, and their intersections, though few, have produced some significant works. This chapter investigates three motifs — human/animal metamorphoses, curses, and magical sacrifice. These represent only a few of many possible examples, but they are recurrent themes within the discursive field of magic, and, more importantly, they constitute cases…
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Circe’s Ram 1
Both human or animal studies and the field of ancient magic have seen considerable growth in recent decades, and their intersections, though few, have produced some significant works. This chapter investigates three motifs — human/animal metamorphoses, curses, and magical sacrifice. These represent only a few of many possible examples, but they are recurrent themes within the discursive field of magic, and, more importantly, they constitute cases…
The Powers of Death: Memory, Place and Eschatology in a Coptic Curse
The Powers of Death: Memory, Place and Eschatology in a Coptic Curse
Healing Traditions in Coptic Magical Texts
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 category. This article explores the evidence for magical healing from three perspectives – first, literary texts which situate ‘magicians’ in competition with medical and ecclesiastical healing; second, the papyrological evidence of Coptic-language magical texts, which p…
A Coptic Magical Text for Virginity in Marriage: A Witness to “Celibate Marriage” from Christian Egypt
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose (CA) owns a small but important collection of unpublished Coptic papyri and parchments. One notable papyrus preserves a unique text in which the practitioner invokes an unnamed female figure to help a woman protect her “purity,” “virginity,” and “marriage.” Although the specific context behind the text is not altogether clear and the appeal for virginity in marriage is curious and without parallel in ot…
Auteur et autorité, tradition et révélation: Études De Cas Des Magies Gréco-Égyptienne Et Chrétienne Copte
La créativité des pratiques rituelles des traditions magiques gréco-égyptienne et chrétienne se présente de façon constante et paradoxale comme étant fondée sur une connaissance ancienne et éternelle, transmise de la sphère divine au domaine humain, soit de façon temporelle par une série de « figures de mémoire », soit au travers d'une distance ontologique, par révélation divine directe. Cette étude explore les tensions et les contradictions de c…
Magikon zōon: Animal et magie dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge
Associer deux thèmes en apparence plutôt marginaux comme la magie et les animaux pourrait sembler à première vue en accroître la marginalisation, or le but de cet ouvrage collectif est bien d’y trouver de nouvelles perspectives et de nouvelles interprétations des sociétés antiques et médiévales. L’intérêt croissant pour l’histoire de la magie et des sciences occultes ces dernières années a conduit à un profond renouvellement de ce champ d’étude. …
Michael W. Zellmann-Rohrer et Edward O. D. Love, Traditions in Transmission. The Medical and Magical Texts of a Fourth-Century Greek and Coptic Codex (Michigan Ms. 136) in Context
Hérodote fut l’un des premiers auteurs grecs à remarquer la renommée des connaissances médicales des Égyptiens, si respectées dans l’Antiquité que le roi perse Cyrus fit venir un spécialiste égyptien pour le soigner (Histoires, II. 84, III. 1). Cependant, comme pour de nombreux aspects de la culture pharaonique, les érudits occidentaux n’ont eu un accès direct au contenu de la médecine égyptienne qu’au xixe siècle. Ainsi, lorsque la traduction d’…
Gatherings of Words: Notes on Books of Magic from Roman Egypt
Unlike modern depictions of magical books as inherently powerful objects, handbooks from Roman Egypt are practical guides that can be fruitfully explored by attention to their physical details. This study begins by contrasting this material dimension with iconic-sacred, semantic, and expressive-performative perspectives on manuscripts before exploring the production and circulation of handbooks, starting from their basic unit, the magical recipe,…
Art (7 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · History of Medicine Studies (2 works)