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Early Jewish and Christian Magical Traditions in Comparison and Contact
This interdisciplinary project will contribute to the study of both Mediterranean magic and Jewish–Christian relations during late antiquity (III–VII CE) by providing a comparative analysis of the Jewish and Christian magical text...
This interdisciplinary project will contribute to the study of both Mediterranean magic and Jewish–Christian relations during late antiquity (III–VII CE) by providing a comparative analysis of the Jewish and Christian magical texts and objects (e.g., amulets and incantation bowls) that is informed by an innovative, synthetic interpretative framework. This project will investigate the contacts between Jewish and Christian practitioners as well as the dynamics of religious assimilation, cooperation, and differentiation in the everyday lives of ancient Jews and Christians.
Although scholarly study of the early Jewish and Christian practices, rituals, and texts deemed magical has blossomed over the past few decades, this research has tended to be divided along disciplinary lines, with historians of Judaism studying Jewish magic and historians of Christianity studying Christian magic. Independent from this line of inquiry there is a long history of scholarship devoted to early Jewish–Christian relations which has detailed the diverse ways Jews and Christians interacted in the ancient world. However, the study of early Jewish–Christian relations has not taken into serious consideration the magical evidence. In short, despite these respective lines of scholarship within and across early Jewish and Christian studies, there has not yet been a sustained analysis of early Jewish and Christian magical traditions in comparison and in contact.
An interdisciplinary team (PI, 1 Postdoc, and 2 PhD students) will address this scholarly gap by examining local and global features of the magical artefacts – and the literary traditions about magic – from late-antique Jewish and Christian communities. In particular, this group will focus on the similarities, differences, and contacts between these traditions in four central areas of their magical practices: biblical texts and traditions; sacred names and titles; the word-image-material relation; and references to illicit rituals.
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Duración del proyecto: 62 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2019-11-21
Fecha Fin: 2025-01-31
Fecha Fin: 2025-01-31
Línea de financiación: concedida
El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2019-11-21
Línea de financiación objetivo
El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ERC-2019-STG:
ERC Starting Grant
Cerrada
hace 6 años
Presupuesto
El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a
1M€
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSITA CA FOSCARI VENEZIA
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Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5
Perfil tecnológico
TRL
4-5
264.65K€ |
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