In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth makes reference to one of the oldest beliefs in the ancient world - the malignity of an Evil Eye. The Holy Scriptures in their original languages contain no less than twenty-four references to the Evil Eye, although this is obscured by most modern Bible translations. John H. Elliott's Beware the Evil Eye describes this belief and associated practices, its history, its voluminous appearances in ancient cultures, and the extensive research devoted to it over the centuries in order to unravel this enigma for readers who have never heard of the Evil Eye and its presence in the Bible. This is the first of a four-volume work on the Evil Eye.

Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World: Volume 1: Introduction, Mesopotamia, and Egypt

History

ELLIOTT, JOHN H.

Ancient Civilizations

James Clarke & Co.

In Volume 2 of Beware the Evil Eye, John H. Elliott addresses the most extensive sources of Evil Eye belief in antiquity: the cultures of Greece and Rome. In this period, features of the belief found in Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources are expanded to the point where an “Evil Eye belief complex” becomes apparent. This complex of features associated with the Evil Eye – human eye as key organ of information, eye as active not passive, eye as channel of emotion and dispositions, especially envy, arising in the heart, possessors, victims, defensive strategies, and amulets – is essential to an understanding of the literary references to the Evil Eye. Elliott here illuminates the context for examining Evil Eye belief and practice in the Bible and the biblical communities.Table of ContentsContentsList of Illustrations | ixPreface | xvAcknowledgments | xviiAbbreviations | xix1 Introduction | 12 Evil Eye Belief and Practice in Greece and Rome | 7From Homer to Late Roman Antiquity (800 BCE–600 CE)—An Overview | 7Evil Eye Terminology | 23Evil Eye Terms from Greek to Latin | 413 Salient Features of Evil Eye Belief and Practice | 47An Anthropological List of Key Features | 47Plutarch | 48Ancient and Modern Versions Compared | 56The Ancient Evil Eye Belief Complex in Detail | 70The Ancient Evil Eye Belief Complex in Detail | 70The Eye as Vital and Preeminent Organ | 70The Eye as Active Organ and Ancient Theories of Vision | 73The Association of an Evil Eye and an Evil Tongue | 81The Association of Eye and Heart | 82The Association of the Evil Eye with Envy | 83Excursus on Envy | 83Envy—A Complex of Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors | 84Envy, Jealousy and Zeal | 85Greek and Roman Distinctions of Envy, Jealousy, and Zeal | 88Envy and the Evil Eye | 92Envy of the Gods | 96Envy, the Deplorable Human Vice | 100viiiEnvy and the Evil Eye in Sum | 112The Working of an Evil Eye—Ancient Emic Theories | 113The Evil Eye—A Phenomenon of Nature, Not a Vulgar Superstition | 119Possessors and Wielders of the Evil Eye | 121Victims and Targets of the Evil Eye | 143Precautions and Protection against the Evil Eye and Envy—Strategies andMeans (Words, Actions, Amulets) | 153Excursus: The Apotropaic Expression KAI SY (“You too”) | 170Detecting and Curing Injury Caused by the Evil Eye | 2644 The Transcendental Good Eye | 2675 Summary and Conclusion | 269Bibliography | 275Index | 317

Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World: Volume 2: Greece and Rome

In the third volume of his epic exploration of the use of the Evil Eye motif in ancient texts, John H. Elliott turns his attention to biblical writings. A repeated theme in the Old Testament, which contains around twenty explicit references, mentions of the Evil Eye also appear in the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as in the writings of Philo and Josephus. Evil Eye belief and practice continued into the early Jesus movement, appearing not only in the Gospels but in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The Evil Eye in the ancient world acted in a number of ways – physiological, psychological, economic, social and moral – and the place it occupied was not easily usurped. Beware the Evil Eye is a fascinating analysis of one of the most prevalent superstitions in the ancient world and its cultural influence.

Beware the Evil Eye: The Evil Eye in the Bible and the Ancient World: Volume 3: the Bible and Related Sources

The Buen Retiro, a royal retreat and pleasure palace, was built for Philip IV on the outskirts of Madrid in the 1630s. With its superb display of paintings by Vel‡zquez and other contemporary artists, the palace became a showcase for the art and culture of Spain's Golden Age. A Palace for a King, first published to wide acclaim in 1980, provided a pioneering total history of the construction, decoration, and uses of a major royal palace, emphasizing the relationship of art and politics at a critical moment in European history. In this extensively revised edition, the authors review the scholarship produced on different aspects of the history of the palace and its decoration over the past quarter century. A number of new, previously unpublished illustrations have been added, and many of the plates are now reproduced in color.

A Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of Phillip IV (Revised and Expanded Edition)

BROWN, JONATHAN

Arts & Photography

Yale University Press

The significance of the First Letter of Peter for the formation of Christianity stands in sharp contrast to its brevity. John H. Elliott, a leading authority on this letter, brings its significance to life in this magnificent addition to the renowned Anchor Bible Commentaries. Elliott sets the letter into context, covering its literary, historical, theological, and linguistic elements. In detailed, accessible discussions, he draws on the latest research to illuminate the social and cultural influences on the Church in its initial years. Treating such important Petrine concerns as living honorably in a hostile society, finding meaning in suffering, and resisting social assimilation as the elect and holy family of God, the translation, notes, and commentary in this volume will help readers appreciate the powerful and enduring message of this fascinating letter.

1 Peter (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

12mo, 1967, PP.214, A Basic Outline Of The Scope Of Botany

Botany (Teach yourself books)

English Universities Press Ltd

Europe Divided is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to a complex age of movement and conflict. Professor Elliott's strong narrative takes account of political, economic and social developments and provides vivid portraits of the leading personalities of the era. The book examines the hard lines of division in late sixteenth-century Europe: between a Protestant North and a Catholic South; between the rich, expanding economy of the West and the harsh poverty of the agrarian East. It was the period that saw the birth of the Dutch Republic; the defeat of the Spanish Armada; the western repulse of the Ottoman Empire; the revival of the papacy and an authoritarian Calvinism. It was also an era of strong political personalities, of Philip II and a powerful Habsburg Spain, of Queen Elizabeth and Catherine de Medici, of Henry IV and Montaigne. Throughout the text, Professor Elliott has been concerned to reveal the complex interaction of events in different parts of the continent, rather than examining regions in isolation. The book therefore conveys the feeling of contemporaries of the era - that they were involved in a great European drama.

Europe Divided: 1559 - 1598 (Blackwell Classic Histories of Europe)

Europe

Wiley/Blackwell

Europe Divided: 1559 - 1598

A Home for the Homeless: A Social-Scientific Criticism of I Peter, Its Situation and Strategy

Fortress Press

Notes for Bible Readings

Briggs, S. R.

BiblioLife

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