Sortes in Practice: Constructing Contexts for the Use of Sortilege Materials in Late Antique Christianity
Although divination was common in the ancient world, our understanding of how the most common divinatory practices typically worked for the client or inquirer is very limited. In the case of text-based divination, we get some clues about usage from the instructions that accompany the tools, as with...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Early christianity
Year: 2025, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 191-206 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Prediction
/ Handwriting
/ Astrampsychus, Sortes
/ Bible
/ Syriac language
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HA Bible KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity TB Antiquity ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Divination
B manuscript culture B Gospel of John B Material Philology B Syriac B ordinary religion |
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