Christian Magicians, Jewish Magical Idioms, and the Shared Magical Culture of Late Antiquity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5811482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ra‘anan S Boustan (University of California, Los Angeles), Raʿanan S Boustan (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Ra‘anan Boustan, Joseph E Sanzo (0000-0002-0289-1340, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 217-240 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Theological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-8160 • E-ISSN: 1475-4517 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0017816017000050 |
| OpenAlex | W2600542091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 37 |
Some time in the late-fifth or early-sixth century CE, a ritual practitioner-operating in the environs of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt-created a protective amulet that reads, "Hôr, Hôr, Phôr, Elôei, Adônai, Iaô, Sabaôth, Michaêl, Jesus Christ. Help us and this house. Amen" (Ὡρ, Ὡρ, Φωρ, Ἐλωεί, Ἀδωναί, Ἰάω, Σαβαώθ, Μιχαήλ, Ἰεσοῦ Χριστέ· Βοήθι ἡμῖν καὶ τούτῳ οἴκῳ. ἀμήν). Each of the names used in the first part of this amulet, known as P.Oxy. VIII 1152 (=PGM P6a), is familiar from other ritual objects from late antiquity (approx. fourth to seventh centuries CE). But the juxtaposition of these divine names on a single amulet presents us with a puzzle: did the ritual expert who created this artifact or his client perceive there to be a difference, tension, or even contradiction between Jesus Christ and the other names listed? Or, alternatively, would they have conceptualized all of these names as belonging equally within what they would have thought of as the "Christian tradition" or some other tradition
Art · Artifact (error · Contradiction · Early Christianity · Faith · Jesus christ · Judaism · Late Antiquity · Linguistics · Literature · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology
The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation: Including the Demotic Spells
Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt
Jao-Jahwe und seine Engel
Introduction
The Jewish Jesus
Demons and the Making of the Monk
Wisdom, Politics, and Historiography
Imperial Eyes
Making Magic
Ancient Magic and Ritual Power
The Scorpion in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Ausgewählte Koptische Zaubertexte
Narrating Power
The Ways that Never Parted
A Corpus of Syriac Incantation Bowls
The Ideology of Religious Studies
Border Lines
The Great, the Little, and the Authoritative Tradition in Magic of the Ancient World
The Royal Costume and Insignia of Alexander the Great
The Targums
To Mix or Not to Mix
Moses in Greco-Roman Paganism
Divorcing Lilith
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |