Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4

John H. Elliott

Description

This first full-scale study of the Evil Eye in the Bible and the biblical communities has traced in four volumes evidence of Evil Eye belief and practice in the ancient world from Mesopotamia (c. 3000 BCE) to Late Roman Antiquity (c. 600 CE). The fourth and final volume considers the literary and material evidence of the unabated thriving of Evil Eye belief and practice in Israel following the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 CE (chapter 1) and in early Christianity (chapter 2) through Late Antiquity (500-600 CE), with a brief reference to Evil Eye lore in early Islam. Numerous cross-references relate the subject matter of this volume to that of the previous three. A concluding Epilogue (chapter 3) offers some final thoughts on this survey of Evil Eye belief and practice in antiquity and their role in conceptualizing and combatting the pernicious forces of evil in daily life.
Beside presenting the first full-scale monograph on the Evil Eye in the Bible and the biblical communities (volumes 3 and 4), the volumes summarize a century of research since the milestone two-volume study of Siegfried Seligmann, Der bose Blick und Verwandtes (1910), and they describe the ecological, historical, social, and cultural contexts within which the biblical texts are best understood. Throughout the study, the Evil Eye in antiquity is treated not as an instance of vulgar superstition or deluded magic, but as a physiological, psychological, and moral phenomenon whose operation was deemed explicable on rational grounds.

Sujets

• Islam
• Israel
• History
• Christianity
• History of religions
• New Testament
• John Elliott (historian)
• John Huxtable Elliott
• Biblical Studies
• Jérusalem

Informations

• Publié par: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Date de parution: 25 avril 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781498230735
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Beware the Evil Eye

B e w a r e T H E E V I L E Y E The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World

—Volume 4— Postbiblical Israel and Early Christianity through Late Antiquity

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BEWARE E EVï EYE Hé E Eé  é Bé à é Açé Wô Vôûé 4: Pôŝçà ïŝàé à Eà Cŝà ôûg àé Aqû

Côg © 2017 Jô . Eô. A gŝ éŝéé. Exçé ô é qûôàôŝ  ççà ûçàôŝ ô ééŝ, ô à ô ŝ ôô à é éôûçé  à àé ôû ô é éŝŝô ô é ûŝé. Wé: Péŝŝôŝ, W à Sôç Pûŝéŝ, 199 W. 8 Aé., Sûé 3, Eûgéé, OR 97401.

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ü éà C. Wàéjé ŝàéé éé, ôûé Exégé, éûé éû, éçé Méŝç

“Of one hundred persons, ninety-nine have died of the Evil Eye, and one of natural causes.” (R , . B M’ 107 )

“I am of the seed of Joseph, over whom the Evil Eye has no power.” (R  Y, . B M’ 84)

“An Evil-Eyeing person is never without cause for grief and despondency.” (B  G, H 11, C E)

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C o n t e n t s

1 Postbiblicàl IsRàEl: hE LitERàRy ànd MàtERiàl evidEncE | 1 ïôûçô | 1 Hé éà Eéçé | 4 Hé E Eé àŝ Môà àûé | 5 Réééçéŝ ô é E Eé Dééçé  Bçà éxŝ | 7 à Càûŝé  é E Eé | 10 àŝçàôŝ | 11 Vçŝ ô é E Eé à Dàgéôûŝ Sûàôŝ | 15 Jôŝé à Sôôô—Pôéçôŝ àgàŝ é E Eé | 19 Réég à E Eé | 25 Pôéçé Wôŝ (Sôé ô Wé) | 25 Pôéçé Açôŝ, Ojéçŝ, à Géŝûéŝ | 28 Aûéŝ à Oé Aôôàç Ojéçŝ à ïàgéŝ | 31 Côçûŝô ô Càé 1 | 46 2 eàRly CHRistiànity (ànd Islàm) tHRougH LàtE antiquity | 48 ïôûçô | 48 Hé éà à Wé (Eŝôà) Eéçé | 51 Hé Aôŝôç àéŝ | 51 ûé Réééçéŝ ô é E-Eég Déô à é Dé | 55 éôôg:Bask- Wô à,Opamos Ponêros59 | Hé E Eé  é Aôçà Açŝ | 60 Cà ô Cààgé ô E | 62 Hé Wgŝ ô é ôû Céû Cûç àéŝ— E Eé, E, à é Dé | 65

Cŝà Péŝôà ééŝ—“Uàé  é E Eé” | 98 Cŝà Aûéŝ à Oé Aôôàçŝ: Hé Màéà à ïçôôgàç Eéçé | 100 Hé Séàg à ïŝçg ô Pôé Wôŝ, Pàŝéŝ, à ôûàŝ | 107 Hé Pàçg ô Pôéçé ôûàŝ, Déŝgŝ ô Sôŝ ô Sàégûàg ôéŝ à Séŝ | 122 Hé Wéàg ô Péŝôà Aûéŝ à Uŝé ô Aôôàç Géŝûéŝ à Ojéçŝ | 129 Cŝà ûgçà à Eççéŝàŝçà Aôôàç Pàççé | 150 Pôûà Réééŝ ô E Eé ïjûéŝ | 151 E Eé Béé à Pàççé  ïŝà: A Bé Nôé | 152 Côçûŝô ô Càé ô | 155 3 epiloguE | 157

Bîbîograpy1165 | Bîbîograpy 2:Works Concernîng e Evî Eye Suppemenîng e Bîbîograpîes o Voumes1–3195 | ïndex205 |

I l l u s t r a t I o n s

ïûŝ. 1.1: Jéŝ àçééŝ (ôJewîs Encycopedîa1906 10:24, éôûçg à égàé àg ô Béà Pçà, 1725) | 28 ïûŝ. 1.2: Bûé àôôàç àŝŝéŝ (zîzî) ô é ôû çôéŝ ô é àé ŝà (aî) ô  ôŝéà Jéŝ àéŝ ûg ôg ŝéçéŝ| 29  ïûŝ 1.3: Séç ô Bzàé ôzé àûé (4 çé. CE) ô Sôôô (ôéŝé) àŝ çààé ŝéàg à ôŝàé éôéŝŝ, à ô ééŝé, à E Eé ûé ààç ô é à àôûŝ ààŝ (ô Ségà 1910 2:314 à . 445, ig. 231) | 36 ïûŝ. 1.4: Jéŝ ŝé ôéçé àûé: à ô Mà (Hames) Saddaî(“Gô Ag”)  à (ô Ségà 1910 2:193, ig. 162) | 38 ïûŝ. 1.5: ïàgé ô é ïŝàç ôéçé à ô àà (Hamsa) ô àÇàé ô ôé ûg, Sà (ôô  Jô . Eô) | 39 ïûŝ. 1.6: Méà àûé ô ôéçé à  éé  à, E Sàûàô é Càô, Né Méxçô (Jô . Eô çôéçô) | 39 ïûŝ. 1.7: Bàôà ïçààô Bô  Aààç ŝç, ôéç- g ôé à  ô à é ŝŝ à é E Eé (ô Bûgé 1978/1930:289) | 40 ïûŝ. 1.8: Dûà Eûôûŝ ŝàgôgûé (245 CE): ô çég éŝ ôéçg àgàŝ é E Eé. é àg  Déé Eô, àté ôŝ 1979:141. . 56 | 44 ïûŝ. 1.9: Cà ôô àqûé éég à ôé àgàŝ é E Eé, ô Sà Pàéŝé, it çéû CE| 46 ïûŝ. 2.1: Vgéé ô é àgé Gàé àŝ çààé ŝéàg à ôŝàé éôéŝŝ ééŝég é E Eé (ô Gôàçz,he Book o Proecîon1912:x-x, Côéx A, §23, . 34) | 115

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ïûŝ. 2.2: Vgéé ô Ràà ûz àŝ çààé ŝéàg à ô ô à ôg (ïûŝàô  Gôàçz,he Book o Proecîon 1912:x) | 115 ïûŝ. 2.3: Vgéé ô “Dàé é ôé àŝ çààé ŝéàg à ô (ï- ûŝàô  Gôàçz,he Book o Proecîon1912:x) | 116 ïûŝ. 2.4: Vgéé ô Mà Hôàŝ àŝ çààé ŝéàg é ŝ ô ûàç (ïûŝàô  Gôàçz,he Book o Proecîon1912: xxx-xxx, Côéx A, §12, . 20) | 116 ïûŝ. 2.5: Vgéé ô Kg Sôôô àŝ çààé ŝéàg é ôŝàé éô Aŝôéûŝ (ô Pézé 1922:12, ig. 5; ç. Gôàçz, he Book o Proecîon| 1171912, Côéx A. . 55) ïûŝ. 2.6: Séç ô à Cŝà Bzàé ŝé/çôé Séà ô Sôôô éàô àûé (Sà, Aŝà Mô) éçg Sôôô àŝ çààé (ô., ét) ŝéàg à ôŝàé éôéŝŝ à, ô ééŝé (g), à E Eé (ààŝponos/é) ààçé  3 àggéŝ à éàŝŝ (ô Ségà 1910: 2:443, ig. 230, éŝçô  ô. 2:314–15) | 137 ïûŝ. 2.7: Séç ô à Cŝà Bzàé ôzé éàô àûé ô Czûŝ, Pgà, Aŝà Mô, éçg à E Eé ààçé  à çàgg ô (ôéŝé, ét) à, ô ééŝé (g), Sôô- ô àŝ çààé ŝéàg à ôŝàé éôéŝŝ (ô Ség- à 1910 2:449, ig. 233, éŝçô  ô. 2:314–15) | 139 ïûŝ. 2.8: Séç ô à Cŝà Bzàé çôé éàô àûé ô Côŝàôé éçg ô ééŝé (ét) é éé Màg à Vg Mà  à Jéŝûŝ à ô ôéŝé (g), Sôôô àŝ çààé ô à ô ààçg à E Eé (ô Ségà 1910 2:315 à . 453, ig. 234) | 140 ïûŝ. 2.9: éŝçô à é ôàŝé ô S. Aôô, Bàà, Eg (ôû– ŝx çéû CE), S. Sŝôŝ é Pàà àŝ çààé ŝéà- g é éôéŝŝ Aààŝà, à, àôé, à E Eé ààçé (ô Pézé 1922:14, ig. 6) | 141 ïûŝ. 2.10: Sçéé ô é Cŝà ŝàçôàgûŝ ô Jûûŝ Bàŝŝûŝ (. 359 CE), ô ééŝ, ô égŝé, it àé ô ét: Pôûŝ Pàé àôû ô àŝ ŝ àŝ, àg é géŝûé ô émano cornua. (Pôô  Gôà Dà’Oô, A 12 2008) | 145 ïûŝ. 2.11: Séç ô é çég ôŝàç, Bàŝçà ô Sà Vàé, Ràéà (ŝx çéû CE): Aé (ét) à Méçzéé (g) àg ôFégŝ à à àà. Exég ô éàé àôé é àà, é g à ô Gô  é géŝûé ô àmano cornua(ô Ségà 1910, 1:385, ig. 71; àŝô 389, ig. 72; ŝéé àŝô Eô-  1895/1958:265, ig. 113)  |146