Demons and illness from antiquity to the early-modern period / edited by Siam Bhayro and Catherine Rider.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhayro, Siam, editor.

Rider, Catherine (Catherine Rosemary), editor.

Series:

Magical and religious literature of late antiquity ; volume 5.

Magical and religious literature of Late Antiquity, 2211-016X ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demonology--History.

Demonology.

History.

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 433 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

In many near eastern traditions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, demons have appeared as a cause of illness from ancient times until at least the early modern period. This volume explores the relationship between demons, illness and treatment comparatively. Its twenty chapters range from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to early modern Europe, and include studies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They discuss the relationship between 'demonic' illnesses and wider ideas about illness, medicine, magic, and the supernatural. A further theme of the volume is the value of treating a wide variety of periods and places, using a comparative approach, and this is highlighted particularly in the volume's Introduction and Afterword. The chapters originated in an international conference held in 2013.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Siam Bhayro Bhayro, Siam, Catherine Rider Rider, Catherine 1

Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

2 Shifting Alignments: The Dichotomy of Benevolent and Malevolent Demons in Mesopotamia / Gina Konstantopoulos Konstantopoulos, Gina 19

3 The Natural and Supernatural Aspects of Fever in Mesopotamian Medical Texts / András Bácskay Bácskay, András 39

4 Illness as Divine Punishment: The Nature and Function of the Disease-Carrier Demons in the Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts / Rita Lucarelli Lucarelli, Rita 53

5 Demons at Work in Ancient Mesopotamia / Lorenzo Verderame Verderame, Lorenzo 61

Second Temple Judaism and Late Antiquity

6 Demons and Illness in Second Temple Judaism: Theory and Practice / Ida Fröhlich Fröhlich, Ida 81

7 Illness and Healing through Spell and Incantation in the Dead Sea Scrolls / David Hamidovic Hamidovic, David 97

8 Conceptualizing Demons in Late Antique Judaism / Gideon Bohak Bohak, Gideon 111

9 Oneiric Aggressive Magic: Sleep Disorders in Late Antique Jewish Tradition / Alessia Bellusci Bellusci, Alessia 134

10 The Influence of Demons on the Human Mind according to Athenagoras and Tatian / Chiara Crosignani Crosignani, Chiara 175

11 Demonic Anti-Music and Spiritual Disorder in the Life of Antony / Sophie Sawicka-Sykes Sawicka-Sykes, Sophie 192

12 Over-Eating Demoniacs in Late Antique Hagiography / Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe Lunn-Rockliffe, Sophie 215

Medieval

13 Miracles and Madness: Dispelling Demons in Twelfth-Century Hagiography / Anne E. Bailey Bailey, Anne E. 235

14 Demons in Lapidaries? The Evidence of the Madrid MS Escorial, h.I.15 / M. Carolina Escobar Vargas Vargas, M. Carolina Escobar 256

15 The Melancholy of the Necromancer in Arnau de Vilanova's Epistle against Demonic Magic / Sebastià Giralt Giralt, Sebastià 271

16 Demons, Illness, and Spiritual Aids in Natural Magic and Image Magic / Lauri Ockenström Ockenström, Lauri 291

17 Between Medicine and Magic: Spiritual Aetiology and Therapeutics in Medieval Islam / Liana Saif Saif, Liana 313

18 Demons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket / Claire Trenery Trenery, Claire 339

Early Modernity

19 The Post-Reformation Challenge to Demonic Possession / Harmon Bhogal Bhogal, Harmon 359

20 From A Discoverie to The Triall of Witchcraft: Doctor Cotta and Godly John / Pierre Kapitaniak Kapitaniak, Pierre 376

21 Healing with Demons? Preternatural Philosophy and Superstitious Cures in Spanish Inquisitorial Courts / Bradley J. Mollmann Mollmann, Bradley J. 396

22 Afterword: Pandaemonium / Peregrine Harden Harden, Peregrine 412.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Demons and illness from antiquity to the early-modern period.

ISBN:

9789004338531

9004338535

OCLC:

961003487

Publisher Number:

99971291564