Ancient Christian Magic by Marvin W Meyer

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Part of Mythos: The Princeton Bollingen Series In World Mythology series

Summary

A collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt. It shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. It explores the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the early Christian experience.

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Ancient Christian Magic by Marvin W Meyer

The authors make a grand tour of Western philosophy, theology, and ethicsThey provide brilliant analyses of pertinent thinkers, including Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Kant, Rousseau... The writing is fluid and engaging... Library Journal

Marvin W. Meyer is Professor of Religion at Chapman University and director of the Coptic Magical Texts Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. Richard Smith teaches at Claremont Graduate School and was managing editor of The Nag Hammadi Library (revised edition).

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ISBN 13	9780691004587
ISBN 10	0691004587
Title	Ancient Christian Magic
Author	Marvin W Meyer
Series	Mythos: The Princeton Bollingen Series In World Mythology
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	1999-04-04
Number of pages	432
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