Microtheologies behind the Biblical amulets: Six case studies

• Authors: Piwowarczyk Przemysław
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Recent years witnessed an increasing interest in Christin amulets with Biblical texts. Several catalogues and monographic contributions have been published, facilitating the research on historical and religious aspects of these artefacts. The paper offers a methodological framework, founded mainly on the concept of semiophore formulated by Krzysztof Pomian, as well as six case studies, which show how the analysis of material and textual aspects of a scriptural amulet might reveal theological ideas, more or less consciously shared by its producers and users.

Keywords

EN

magic; Biblical amulets; scriptural amulets; texts of ritual power

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
• Journal: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 49
• Pages: 253-279

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Piwowarczyk Przemysław

• University of Silesia Institute of History ul. Bankowa 11 40-007 Katowice Poland

Identifiers

ISSN

0075-4277