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Christian Divination in Late Antiquity /

In Late Antiquity, people commonly sought to acquire hidden knowledge about the past, the present, and the future, using a variety of methods. While Christians acknowledged that these methods could work effectively, in theory they were not allowed to make use of them. In practice, they behaved in di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wiśniewski, Robert, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Polaco
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Series:Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Attitudes to divination
  • Prophets
  • Take and read
  • Books and bones
  • Divinatory lots
  • Interrogating demoniacs
  • Incubation.