Inventing Superstition: From the Hippocratics to the Christians

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2007
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Provides a detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the 4th Century AD. This work demonstrates that the concept of superstition was invented by Greek intellectuals to condemn popular religious practices and beliefs.

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Provides a detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the 4th Century AD. This work demonstrates that the concept of superstition was invented by Greek intellectuals to condemn popular religious practices and beliefs.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 13 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 0674024079
ISBN 13: 9780674024076