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Demons and Illness from Antiquity to the Early-Modern PeriodEdited by Siam Bhayro and Catherine Rider, University of Exeter, Brill edition.Go to Online Edition"In many near eastern traditions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, demons have appeared as a cause of illness from ancient times until at least the early modern period. This volume explores the relationship between demons, illness and treatment comparatively. Its twenty chapters range from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt to early modern Europe, and include studies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They discuss the relationship between ‘demonic’ illnesses and wider ideas about illness, medicine, magic, and the supernatural. A further theme of the volume is the value of treating a wide variety of periods and places, using a comparative approach, and this is highlighted particularly in the volume’s Introduction and Afterword. The chapters originated in an international conference held in 2013."Table of contentsIntroduction, Siam Bhayro and Catherine Rider AntiquityShifting Alignments: The Dichotomy of Benevolent and Malevolent Demons in Mesopotamia, Gina KonstantopoulosThe Natural and Supernatural Aspects of Fever in Mesopotamian Medical Texts, András BácksayIllness as Divine Punishment: The Nature and Function of the Disease-Carrier Demons in the Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts, Rita LucarelliDemons at Work in Ancient Mesopotamia, Lorenzo VerderameLate AntiquityDemons and Illness in Second Temple Judaism: Theory and Practice, Ida FröhlichIllness and Healing through Spell and Incantation in the Dead Sea Scrolls, David HamidovićConceptualizing Demons in Late Antique Judaism, Gideon BohakOneiric Aggressive Magic: Sleep Disorders in Late Antique Jewish Tradition, Alessia BellusciThe Influence of Demons on the Human Mind According to Athenagoras and Tatian, Chiara CrosignaniDemonic Anti-Music and Spiritual Disorder in the Life of Antony, Sophie Sawicka-SykesOver-eating Demoniacs in Late Antique Hagiography, Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe MedievalMiracles and Madness: Dispelling Demons in Twelfth-Century Hagiography, Anne E. BaileyDemons in Lapidaries? The Evidence of the Madrid MS Escorial, h. I. 15., Carolina Escobar-VargasThe Melancholy of the Necromancer in Arnau de Vilanova’s Epistle against Demonic Magic, Sebastià GiraltDemons, Illness and Spiritual Aids in Natural Magic and Image Magic, Lauri OckenströmBetween Medicine and Magic: Spiritual Aetiology and Therapeutics in Medieval Islam, Liana SaifDemons, Saints, and the Mad in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket, Claire Trenery Early ModernityThe Post-Reformation Challenge to Demonic Possession, Harman BhogalFrom A Discoverie to The Triall of Witchcraft: Doctor Cotta and Godly John, Pierre KapitaniakHealing with Demons? Preternatural Philosophy and Superstitious Cures in Spanish Inquisitorial Courts, Bradley J. MollmannAfterword: Pandaemonium, Peregrine Horden&#160;More informations on the publisher website