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Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
Review D. S. Kalleres, City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Powers in Late Antiquity2017 •
The American Historical Review
Dayna S. Kalleres. City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity2018 •
The ancient cities were inhabited much more densely than the modern city dweller can imagine. In addition to livestock and other animals, which served either for food or for amusement, the cities, streets, and houses were also full of those who, being nonmaterial//intangible [I mean ‘demons’] filled houses and streets with themselves. That is about the spirits and demons presented in everyday life—both in paintings and statues—and manifested in all kinds of omens.
Andrews University Seminary Studies
[book review of:] City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity / by Dayna S. Kalleres2017 •
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IMAGINING DEMONS IN POST-BYZANTINE JERUSALEM: JOHN OF DAMASCUS AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN DEMONOLOGY The Rev. Nathaniel Ogden Kidd, B.A., M.Div Marquette University, 2018 This dissertation traces the consolidation of a classical Christian framework for demonology in the theological corpus of John of Damascus (c. 675 – c. 750), an eighth century Greek theologian writing in Jerusalem. When the Damascene sat down to write, I argue, there was a great variety of demonological options available to him, both in the depth of the Christian tradition, and in the ambient local imagination. John’s genius lies first in what he chose not to include, but second in his ability to synthesize a minimalistic demonology out of a complex body of material and integrate it into a broader theological system. John’s synthesis was so effective, in fact, that it looks reflexively obvious as a statement of Christian demonology in the Scriptural-patristic tradition: it would not necessarily ha...
ABSTRACT FROM DAIMON TO DEMON: THE EVOLUTION OF THE DEMON FROM ANTIQUITY TO EARLY CHRISTIANITY One of the most fascinating entities of religious thought is the demon, which is still pervasive in both religious and popular culture today. The demon is something that is present not just in various religious texts, but is also a staple of the modern horror film. The question at hand in this thesis is whether or not the demon was always considered to be synonymous with evil. The demon itself has existed in religious culture and magic practice since antiquity, but most scholars tend to either ignore the entity, or conflate it with ghosts or minor gods. This thesis traces the evolution that the daimon takes to eventually become the demon we know today. At the same time, it postulates that the most important change to take place occurred with Augustine of Hippo’s The City of God, which ultimately gives the demon the negative characteristics that it still has today. This is the first time that this has been posited, as most historians have previously said that the point in which the daimon becomes demon is with the writing of Xenocrates in the 4th century B.C.E. By looking at both the literature of the Greek and Roman worlds, spells and incantations that were used in antiquity, and also texts relating to Judaism and Christianity, there is a sense that the evolution culminates in the work of Augustine, and that this is the most momentous change for the entity. This is significant, as it illustrates the influence of Christianity on the religious cultures of antiquity, and how monotheism played a large role in the evolution of the demon. As the demon is something that is prevalent still today, not only in our own popular culture but also in religious realms as well, it is important to understand the background and history of the entity, and not merely hold the assumption that it did not “exist” prior to Christianity.
In Late Antiquity Christian attitudes toward pagan shrines in diverse parts of the Mediterranean differed. In the East several temples were destroyed or transformed into churches, whereas in the West they were just abandoned at the end of the fourth century and remained closed during the next two hundred years. These contrasting attitudes have been explained by scholars on political, economic, and civic grounds. This article aims at demonstrating that religious motifs mattered as well, and the practical attitudes toward pagan shrines were influenced by the fact that in the East several temples were considered to be real dwellings of demons. This view on temples derived from an old tradition, absent from the West, of representing shrines as places of actual encounters with gods, from the spectacular way in which some temples functioned in Late Antiquity, and from some specific traits of eastern monasticism.
Tangut and Chinese Philology. For the Anniversary of M. V. Sofronov
Zaytsev, Viacheslav, and Andrew West 2024. Preliminary study of a manuscript fragment in an unidentified script from the Western Xia Shānzuǐgōu site2024 •
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Presented at the International Association for the Study of Dreams 3rd Many Worlds of Lucid Dreaming Conference, Oct 29 – Nov 12
Lucid Being and the Healing Matrix: A Workshop2022 •
Kritiknetz - Zeitschrift für Kritische Theorie der Gesellschaft
"Ich würde das Problem nicht allein an dem Verhältnis zu Partei und Staat festmachen". Interview über die anarchistische und kommunistische Kritik der Judenfeindschaft in der KPD2024 •
Middle Eastern Studies
Benefitting from the ambiguity the issue of the Turkishness of the Jewish minority2024 •
Urban Development: the State of the Sustainable Art, an international benchmark of sustainable urban development.
Urban Development: the State of the Sustainable Art, an international benchmark of sustainable urban development.2011 •
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Topography of Mediaeval Road via Magna Tendens Per Lucam1985 •
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal
Lateral Ectopic Thyroid: A Case Diagnosed Preoperatively2012 •
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Prosiding Pengabdian Masyarakat Politeknik Kesehatan Kementrian Kesehatan Tasikmalaya
Sosialisasi Aplikasi Deteksi Dini Diabetes Melitus Dengan Metode Forward Chaining Berbasis Website DI Puskesmas Kesunean2024 •
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JOG.történet. A HUN-REN–ELTE Jogtörténeti Kutatócsoport blogja
"Köztársaságot, ha meg tudjátok őrizni"2024 •