How Long to Read Icons of Power

How Long Does it Take to Read Icons of Power?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 41 minutes to read Icons of Power by Naomi Janowitz

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the human and the divine. Depending on one&’s point of view, however, such rituals could be labeled negatively as &"magic&" or positively as &"theurgy.&" This has led to numerous problems of interpretation, including marginalizing certain ritual practices as magic or occult while privileging others as genuine or orthodox. In Icons of Power, Naomi Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. From rabbis who ascended to heavenly places, to sorcerers seeking to harm enemies with spells, to alchemists working metals to purify the soul, Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and about how to perform those rituals. Indeed, such assumptions were so much a part of the inherited mentality of the age that they were, for the most part, never explained&—and this is precisely what Janowitz accomplishes in Icons of Power. By shifting the discussion out of the rhetoric of &"magic&" or &"mysticism&" and describing the mechanisms of ritual with semiotic terms, she moves us beyond the value-laden terminology of ancient polemicists and modern scholars so that we can better see how these rituals worked and how they affected the social identities of their followers. Janowitz recovers a lost world of religious expression that has been clouded by misinterpretation for many centuries. In the process, Icons of Power makes an important contribution to our understanding of society in Late Antiquity.

How long is Icons of Power?

Icons of Power by Naomi Janowitz is 161 pages long, and a total of 40,411 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Icons of Power Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Icons of Power aloud.

What Reading Level is Icons of Power?

Icons of Power is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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