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... we have 1st and 2nd C references to (Greek) Aphrodite, (Graeco-Egyptian) Hestia, (Roman) ... was motivated by their popularity and its magical influence on Rome. So Ovid’s focus (i.e. ... arva' metaphorically means 'Isis of Mareotic Papyri' lauded by the famed Author-Poet himself. ...

... Churches of Christ at that), with a B.A. in Greek from Abilene Christian College [now University], ... well known to us, especially from the Greek magical papyri, the Hermetic texts and various forms of esoteric ...

... Robyn says from 24 mins: "Paul is using Greek philosophy. He's an excellent middle platonist... ... well known to us, especially from the Greek magical papyri, the Hermetic texts and various forms of esoteric ...

... Elements of the Lesser Hekhaloth and the Magical Papyri', it's still at arm's length, for others to research. ... and immortalization, achieved by extensive use of the Greek magical papyri. This is the same template, and the ...

TM 64446 = PGM XIII.288-292 (P.Leid. 2.W) Two Greek Magical Papyri in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden (Opladen 1991) ...

... of the Name. The same, however, is found in a magical papyrus (Preisendanz, PGM 1, p.38 ), which ... and the syncretistic world of the magical papyri. We possess Hebrew Merkabah texts that read ... with Jewish magicians . Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation [1986], p.xlv ...

... up in the literary record at same time as Greek Magical Papyri. I think that the PGM does overlap with the "so called" ...

... spent all his time writing about -- the "Papyri" is what else, really? Of course not. ... of the Papyri" does likely refer to the magical papyri (there are more than the ones in ... a whole variety of magical names of Egyptian, Greek, Barbarian & Roman origin. It was theorized ...

... Symbol Became Christianized [2010], p.157 : On magical gems a serpent figure appears; it is named ... In Elephantine, from which so many Aramaic papyri have been recovered, Chnoubis was hailed ... Alexander's mother, according to well-known Greek history-myth : his father was the chthonic ...

Greek speakers IMO would be even more likely than Latin ... reflected in the outsider references in the Egyptian papyri, which are consistent in being of the "Chrestianoi" ... to have deceived many while he was in Antioch by his magical art... And there is Marcion, a man of Pontus , ...