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.

Works by David Frankfurter

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Religion in Roman Egypt (1998) 65 copies

Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History (2006) 53 copies

Christianizing Egypt : syncretism and local worlds in late antiquity (2017) 23 copies

Elijah in Upper Egypt (1993) 22 copies

Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2019) — Editor — 11 copies

Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt (1998) — Editor — 8 copies

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Associated Works

Late Ancient Christianity (2005) — Contributor — 121 copies

A Companion to the Roman Empire (2005) — Contributor — 75 copies

The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 2, Constantine to c.600 (2007) — Contributor — 67 copies

Ancient Magic and Ritual Power (1995) — Contributor — 49 copies

The Ways That Never Parted: Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (2003) — Contributor — 49 copies

Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in the Ancient World (2014) — Contributor — 42 copies

Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World (2002) — Contributor — 31 copies

The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt (Oxford Handbooks) (2012) — Contributor — 24 copies

Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2005) — Contributor — 21 copies

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

Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice (2011) — Contributor — 12 copies

From Temple to Church: Destruction and Renewal of Local Cultic Topography in Late Antiquity (2008) — Contributor — 12 copies

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

My lots are in thy hands : sortilege and its practitioners in late antiquity (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies

Ritual matters : material residues of ancient religions (2017) — Contributor — 3 copies

Eschatology in Antiquity: Forms and Functions (Rewriting Antiquity) (2021) — Contributor — 2 copies

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

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