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Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Studies in the Syriac Magical Traditions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-10-25
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The study of the Syriac magical traditions has largely been marginalised within Syriac studies, with the earliest treatments displaying a disparaging attitude towards both the culture and its magical practices. Despite significant progress in more recent scholarship in respect of the culture, its magical practices and their associated literatures remain on the margins of the scholarly imagination. This volume aims to open a discussion on the history of the field, to evaluate how things have progressed, and to suggest a fruitful way forward. In doing so, this volume demonstrates the incredible riches contained within the Syriac magical traditions, and the necessity of their study.

Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 742

Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1879
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Byzantium and the Decline of the Roman Empire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Byzantium and the Decline of the Roman Empire

Professor Kaegi studies the response of the eastern half of the Roman Empire to the disintegration of western Rome, usually dated from the sack of the city of Rome in A.D. 410. Using sources from the fifth and sixth centuries, he shows that the eastern empire had a clear awareness of, interest in, and definite opinions on the disasters that befell Rome in the west. Religious arguments, both Pagan and Christian, tended to dominate the thinking of the intellectuals, but economic and diplomatic activity also contributed to the reaction. This reaction, the author finds, was in a distinctly eastern manner and reflected quite naturally the special conditions prevailing in the eastern provinces. Or...

The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 774

The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1887
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 786

The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1884
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Catalogue of the Science library in the South Kensington museum
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 520

Catalogue of the Science library in the South Kensington museum

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1891
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Catalogue of the Science Library in the South Kensington Museum
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 520

Catalogue of the Science Library in the South Kensington Museum

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1891
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Archaeology in the Zitava Valley I
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

Archaeology in the Zitava Valley I

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-11-09
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The early Neolithic site of Vráble (5250-4950 cal BCE) is among the largest LBK settlement agglomerations in Central Europe. This volume presents the finds, features and data uncovered and synthesised from our archaeological, pedological, geophysical, archaeobotanical, anthropological, zoo-archaeological and stable isotope studies.