Naming the witch : magic, ideology, & strereotype in the ancient world / Kimberly B. Stratton.

Kimberly B. Stratton investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. Accusations of magic could carry the death penalty or, at the very least, marginalize the person or group they targeted. But Stratton...

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Main Author: Stratton, Kimberly B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
Series:Gender, theory, and religion.
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