Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. One. Magic, Discourse, and Ideology 1
7. Two. Barbarians, Magic, and Construction of the Other in Athens 39
8. Three. Mascula Libido: Women, Sex, and Magic in Roman Rhetoric and Ideology 71
9. Four. My Miracle, Your Magic: Heresy, Authority, and Early Christianities 107
10. Five. Caution in the Kosher Kitchen: Magic, Identity, and Authority in Rabbinic Literature 143
11. Epilogue: Some Thoughts on Gender, Magic, and Stereotyping 177
12. Notes 181
13. Works cited 247
14. Index 277
15. Backmatter 291