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Author Elliott, John Hall

Title Beware the evil eye : the evil eye in the Bible and the ancient world . volume 2, Greece and Rome / John H. Elliott
Published Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2015]
©2015-

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Contents Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 370
Summary In the present volume, Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity--the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an ""Evil Eye belief complex"" becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye--human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions, especially envy, arising in the heart, possessors, victims, defensive strategies, and amulets--is essential to an understanding of the lit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Evil eye -- Biblical teaching
Evil eye -- Middle East
Evil eye -- Mediterranean Region
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
Evil eye
Mediterranean Region
Middle East
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781498273664
1498273661