Identity and Ritual Healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine / / Megan Nutzman.
Studies the people, places and objects credited with ritual cures and the elite rhetoric critical of these curesBrings together evidence for Jewish, Samaritan, Christian, Greek, and Roman healing ritualsExamines both literary and archaeological evidence for healing ritualsDeconstructs artificial bou...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Religion in Antiquity
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 11 B/W illustrations 7 B/W tables 11 black and white illustrations and 7 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Roman and Late Antique Palestine
- Part I Miraculous Objects
- Chapter 1 One God Who Conquers Evil: Gemstone and Jewelry Amulets
- Chapter 2 For I Am Yahweh Who Heals You: Lamellae and Amulets with Biblical Quotations
- Part II Miraculous Places
- Chapter 3 In This Holy Place: Hot Springs as Sites of Ritual Healing
- Chapter 4 In Which Many Miracles Are Worked: Ritual Continuity at Healing Sites
- Part III Miraculous People
- Chapter 5 In the Name of Jesus of Nazareth the Crucified: Ritual Practitioners Who Offered Cures
- Chapter 6 Working Such Wonders and Signs: Charismatic Wonderworkers Who Offered Cures
- Part IV Elite Rhetoric
- Chapter 7 It is Better to Die: Elite Rhetoric and Communal Identity
- Epilogue: It Is Better to Live
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Subject Index