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Beware the evil eye : the evil eye in the Bible and the ancient world. Volume 2, Greece and Rome /
The second in a four-volume series exploring belief in the Evil Eye and the practices associated with it amongst the cultures of the Biblical world.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
James Clarke and Co,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Evil Eye Belief and Practice in Greece and Rome; From Homer to Late Roman Antiquity (800 BCE
- 600 CE)
- An Overview; Evil Eye Terminology; Evil Eye Terms from Greek to Latin; 3. Salient Features of Evil Eye Belief and Practice; An Anthropological List of Key Features; Plutarch; Ancient and Modern Versions Compared; The Ancient Evil Eye Belief Complex in Detail; The Eye as Vital and Preeminent Organ; The Eye as Active Organ and Ancient Theories of Vision.
- The Association of an Evil Eye and an Evil TongueThe Association of Eye and Heart; The Association of the Evil Eye with Envy; Excursus on Envy; Envy-A Complex of Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors; Envy, Jealousy and Zeal; Greek and Roman Distinctions of Envy, Jealousy, and Zeal; Envy and the Evil Eye; Envy of the Gods; Envy, the Deplorable Human Vice; Envy and the Evil Eye in Sum; The Working of an Evil Eye-Ancient Emic Theories; The Evil Eye-A Phenomenon of Nature, Not a Vulgar Superstition; Possessors and Wielders of the Evil Eye; Victims and Targets of the Evil Eye.
- Precautions and Protection against the Evil Eye and Envy-Strategies and Means (Words, Actions, Amulets)Excursus: The Apotropaic Expression Kai Sy ("You too"); Detecting and Curing Injury Caused by the Evil Eye; 4. The Transcendental Good Eye; 5. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover.