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Beware the Evil Eye Volume 4

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“John Elliott's Beware the Evil Eye is a masterpiece, a stunning work of meticulous research written on a topic that pervades all religions and religious cultures of the Roman Empire. This fourth volume dazzles through its depth of seasoned scholarship, covering not only the evidence of the complexities of the Roman social world, but also examining the writings of all the fathers of the Church, east and west. Particularly impressive is his use and interpretation of material evidence in coins, charms, relief sculpture, and inscriptions. This book is destined to be the classic study on the Evil Eye for the first five centuries of Christianity.”