Title Ancient Christians and the power of curses : magic, aesthetics, and justice / Laura Salah Nasrallah, Yale University

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024 ©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 12 unnumbered pages of plates), 330 pages : illustrations Summary "Ancient Christians lived in a world of "magic." They and others-particularly those of low status-used curses as ritual objects to seek justice from gods and other beings. These curses, and invective against them, reveal the complexity of ancient Mediterranean religions and their aesthetics: their use of materiality, poetics, song, and incantation"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 06, 2024) Subject Blessing and cursing -- Rome Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Matter -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Blessing and cursing. Matter -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Religion. Rome -- Religion. Rome (Empire) Form Electronic book LC no. 2023014405 ISBN 9781009405782 1009405780

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