TY - GEN AB - 'Making Amulets Christian' examines Greek amulets with Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a customary practice - the writing of incantations on amulets - changed in an increasingly Christian context. It considers how the formulation of incantations and amulets changed as the Christian church became the prevailing religious institution in Egypt in the last centuries of the Roman empire. AU - De Bruyn, Theodore, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BR195 ET - First edition. ID - 799140 KW - Church history KW - Magic KW - Amulets, Greek KW - Incantations. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687886.001.0001 N2 - 'Making Amulets Christian' examines Greek amulets with Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a customary practice - the writing of incantations on amulets - changed in an increasingly Christian context. It considers how the formulation of incantations and amulets changed as the Christian church became the prevailing religious institution in Egypt in the last centuries of the Roman empire. SN - 9780191767340 T1 - Making amulets Christian :artefacts, scribes, and contexts / TI - Making amulets Christian :artefacts, scribes, and contexts / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687886.001.0001 ER -