Contested Cures

Studies the people, places and objects credited with ritual cures and the elite rhetoric critical of these cures Brings together evidence for Jewish, Samaritan, Christian, Greek, and Roman healing ritualsExamines both literary and archaeological evidence for healing ritualsDeconstructs artificial boundary between magic" and "religion" with respect to healing ritualsConsiders ritual healing as a component of identity formation among Jews and Christians In the ancient Mediterranean world, individu