Abbreviations
| ACM |
M. Meyer and R. Smith, eds., Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power (San Francisco: Harper, 1994). Reprint, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999) |
| AMB |
J. Naveh & S. Shaked, Amulets and Magic Bowls: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1985) |
| ANRW |
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt |
| ARG |
Archiv für Religionsgeschichte |
| ASE |
Annali di storia dell’esegesi |
| AWN |
Ardā Wīrāz Nāmag |
| BIFAO |
Bulletin de l’institut français d’archéologie orientale |
| CMAwR 1 |
T. Abusch and D. Schwemer, Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals, vol. 1, Ancient Magic and Divination 8/1 (Leiden; Boston: E. J. Brill, 2011) |
| CMAwR 2 |
T. Abusch and D. Schwemer (with M. Luukko and G. van Buylaere), Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals, vol. 2, Ancient Magic and Divination 8/2 (Leiden; Boston: E.J. Brill, 2016) |
| CMAwR 3 |
T. Abusch and D. Schwemer, M. Luukko and G. van Buylaere, Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals, vol. 3, Ancient Magic and Divination 8/3 (Leiden; Boston: E. J. Brill, forthcoming) |
| CTBS |
J. Gager, ed., Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992). |
| Dk. |
Dēnkard |
| DT |
A. Audollent, Defixionum Tabellae (Paris: A. Fontemoing, 1904) |
| DTA |
R. Wünsch, Defixionum Tabellae Atticae, Inscriptiones Graecae 3, pt. 3 (Berlin: Reimer, 1887) |
| EPRO |
Études préliminaires aux religions orientales dans l’empire romain |
| GMPT |
H.D. Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells (Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press, 1986) |
| GRBS |
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| H. |
Hērbedestān |
| HTR |
Harvard Theological Review |
| HTS |
Harvard Theological Studies |
| JAAR |
Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
| JAC |
Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum |
| JANER |
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions |
| JBL |
Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JECS |
Journal of Early Christian Studies |
| JETS |
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society |
| JTS |
Journal of Theological Studies |
| MHD |
Mādayān ī hazār dādestān |
| MSF |
J. Naveh & S. Shaked, Magic Spells and Formulae: Aramaic Incantations of Late Antiquity, (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1993) |
| N. |
Nērangestān |
| NGCT |
D. Jordan, “New Greek Curse Tablets (1985–2000)” GRBS 41 (2000): 5–46 |
| NHC |
Nag Hammadi Codices |
| NPNF |
Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers |
| PDM |
Papyri Demoticae Magicae |
| PGM |
Papyri Graecae Magicae, K. Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae Die griechischen Zauberpapyri, 2 vols. (Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1928, 1931), 2nd ed., A. Henrichs, ed., (Stuttgart: B.G. Teubner, 1973–74). |
| RB |
Revue biblique |
| REA |
Rivāyat ī Ēmēd ī Ašawahištān |
| RGRW |
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World |
| SDB |
Sad dar-e bondaheš |
| SGD |
D. Jordan, “A Survey of Greek Defixiones Not Included in the Special Corpora,” GRBS 26 (1985): 151–197 |
| Suppl. Mag. |
Supplementum Magicum. R.W. Daniel and F. Maltomini, eds., Supplementum magicum, 2 vols, Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI, 1–2 (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990–92). |
| VC |
Vigiliae Christianae |
| Vd. |
Vendidad |
| Y. |
Yasna |
| Yt. |
Yasht |
| ZPE |
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik |