Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity

by Naomi Janowitz

Book Overview

In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the human and the divine. Depending on one's point of view, however, such rituals could be labeled negatively as "magic" or positively as "theurgy." This has led to numerous problems of interpretation, including marginalizing certain ritual practices as magic or occult while privileging others as genuine or orthodox. In Icons of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271058374
• ISBN13: 9780271058375
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"