David Frankfurter

About the Author

David Frankfurter, Ph.D. (1990) Princeton University, is Professor of Religion at Boston University. A scholar religions, Frankfurter is the author of Religion in Roman Egypt (Princeton, 1998); and Christianizing Egypt (Princeton, 2017), as well as many articles on magic and popular devotion.

Includes the names: David Frankfurter, David Frankenfurter

Works by David Frankfurter

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Religion in Roman Egypt (1998) 76 copies

Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History (2006) 62 copies, 1 review

Christianizing Egypt: Syncretism and Local Worlds in Late Antiquity (Martin Classical Lectures) (2017) 30 copies, 1 review

Elijah in Upper Egypt (1993) 23 copies

Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2019) — Editor — 15 copies

Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt (1998) — Editor — 10 copies

Magic, Charisma and Violence in Late Antiquity: Essays in Religion 2 copies

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Late Ancient Christianity (2005) — Contributor — 131 copies

The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 2, Constantine to c.600 (2007) — Contributor — 88 copies

A Companion to the Roman Empire (2006) — Contributor — 81 copies

The Ways That Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (2003) — Contributor — 59 copies

Ancient Magic and Ritual Power (1995) — Contributor — 54 copies

Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in the Ancient World (2014) — Contributor — 53 copies, 1 review

Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World (2002) — Contributor — 37 copies

The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt (2012) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review

Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2005) — Contributor — 25 copies

Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity: Seeing the Gods (2006) — Contributor — 17 copies

Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice (2011) — Contributor — 15 copies

From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2008) — Contributor — 14 copies

My Lots are in Thy Hands: Sortilege and its Practitioners in Late Antiquity (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2018) — Contributor — 6 copies

Eschatology in Antiquity: Forms and Functions (Rewriting Antiquity) (2021) — Contributor — 4 copies

The Sculptural Environment of the Roman Near East: Reflections on Culture, Ideology, and Power (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion) (2008) — Contributor — 4 copies

Ritual matters : material residues of ancient religions (2017) — Contributor — 4 copies

Coping with Versnel: A Roundtable on Religion and Magic. In Honour of the 80th Birthday of Henk S. Versnel (2023) — Contributor — 2 copies

Arethusa (vol 53 no 1) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Gender: male
Education: Wesleyan University (BA)
Harvard Divinity School (MTS)
Princeton University (PhD|1990)
Occupations: historian
professor
Organizations: University of New Hampshire
Boston University
Relationships: Munro, Eleanor (parent)
Frankfurter, Alfred (parent)

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Lpeerbolte 35 reviews

Christianizing Egypt: Syncretism and Local Worlds in Late Antiquity (Martin Classical Lectures) by David Frankfurter

David Frankfurter’s new book is a masterpiece. It betrays deep knowledge of Egypt in late antiquity and it presents an approach to religion in general and (early) Christianity in particular, that has really changed my thought. I recommend it to everyone working in either early Christianity or religion in general. A must read!

Nov 28, 2025

Lor_Mds 12 reviews

Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History by David Frankfurter