Contested Cures : Identity and Ritual Healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine /: Identity and Ritual Healing in Roman and Late Antique Palestine. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Megan Nutzman.
• Authors: Nutzman, Megan
• Contents: List of IllustrationsList of TablesPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction: Roman and Late Antique Palestine Miraculous Objects1. One God who Conquers Evil: Gemstone and Jewelry Amulets2. For I am Yahweh who Heals You: Lamellae and Amulets with Biblical Quotations Miraculous Places3. In this Holy Place: Hot Springs as Sites of Ritual Healing4. In Which Many Miracles Are Worked: Ritual Continuity at Healing Sites Miraculous People5. In the Name of Jesus of Nazareth the Crucified: Ritual Practitioners Who Offered Cures6. Working Such Signs and Wonders: Charismatic Wonderworkers Who Offered Cures Elite Rhetoric7. It Is Better to Die: Elite Rhetoric and Communal Identity Epilogue Bibliography .
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: Palestine; Historiography; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Social & cultural history; Middle East; History: theory & methods; History: earliest times to present day; History: specific events & topics; Asia; BCE to c 500 CE; History; Geographical; Time period; Humanities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781399502764
• Related ISBNs: 9781399502740; 9781399502733
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.