Naming the Witch : : Magic, Ideology, and Stereotype in the Ancient World / / Kimberly Stratton.
Kimberly B. Stratton investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. Accusations of magic could carry the death penalty or, at the very least, marginalize the person or group they targeted. But Stratton...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender, Theory, and Religion
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- One. Magic, Discourse, and Ideology
- Two. Barbarians, Magic, and Construction of the Other in Athens
- Three. Mascula Libido: Women, Sex, and Magic in Roman Rhetoric and Ideology
- Four. My Miracle, Your Magic: Heresy, Authority, and Early Christianities
- Five. Caution in the Kosher Kitchen: Magic, Identity, and Authority in Rabbinic Literature
- Epilogue: Some Thoughts on Gender, Magic, and Stereotyping
- Notes
- Works cited
- Index
- Backmatter