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Bad iLock amulet, which includes “sacred rider”. Photo courtesy Walters Art Museum, 1989, affiliate # 54.2653; CC0 1.0 Universal.

“Have you fallen into serious illness, and do many people come… with charm, with some amulets… to solve the evil?” With these words, the fourth -century bishop, John Cresastom, in the Anticho, asks his loyal, about the collective process of Christian amulets, which he has fully condemned, suggests that good Christians should face any of these things. “ (Harmaly 3 on 1 Thosalonis 3).

“The survivors and critics against them by the religious elite show that this process was very common among the late ancient Christians.” Bible archeology reviews. Former History Professor at Old Dominine University, now in the classic department at Ohio State University, Natzman is a specialist in the ancient Mediterranean world. In his article, Natzman focuses on text and photographs that aims to help protect or heal his wearers.

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Christian amulets written with text or photos come in two large groups in terms of their size. Small amulets, which will not be allowed in a limited area of surface, will usually have only a handful of words or a picture. They have taken the shapes of the commonly written jewelry, ring, or pendant. An example of this is the fifth or sixth century pendant of the copper allocation at the Walters Art Museum (see the first picture above). On the one hand, the pendant features “too much zero eye” that has been attacked by lions, a scorpion, a snake, a stark and spears. Clearly, the purpose was to protect it from the bad eye. On the other hand (seen in the picture), it has a “sacred rider” and a picture of the Greek log, which is written, “[The] One God controlled the evil. Jhvh. “

Andreas color in which protection is requested. Photo courtesy Megan Natzman.

Another example of small Christian amulets is the brass ring found in the Gedar Gedar in South Gold (see the picture above). The entire surface of this small amulet covers the Greek log: “Christ, help Andreas.” Although we do not know the identity of the aforementioned Andreas, we think he is wearing a ring for protection. Interestingly, his text is clearly Christian. This prayer would be undeniable for any early Christianity and only praised religious leaders. Still, John Cristosom has made it clear that even for good Christians, rings like material items were not allowed.

Personalization with incipitsOr the first words of each gospel. Photo courtesy of Berlinner Pepirerosidton Bank.

In that 19 on sculpturesJohn said of another kind of early Christian amulet, alleging that some Christians were wearing a gospel on their bodies. It should be a type of large written amulet referring to the first words (incipits) From every Gospel, we usually call them ancipit amulets or more generally the Gospel amulet. They were pieces of written pepper or paprice, rolled to fit into pairing or small cases, which were then wearing a strap or neck in the body part. Although they had direct references to the Christian Bible, John and other early Christian authorities refused to use them, possibly because they reminded them of the Jew. Taflin. In rejecting the Gospel amulets, Christian leaders had the words of Matthew 23 in front of them, where Jesus made fun of him and criticized that some Pharisees were wearing Jews. Taflin.

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An excellent instance of the gospel incipit The Amulat is known as Berlin 6096, which is a leather sheets written with several psalms and excerpts from all four gospels (see the picture above). It is written in a partially: “The Father and Son and the Holy Spirit. The one who lives in the highest level will remain in the shelter of the Lord of heaven. [Psalm 91:1] · In the beginning, the word was with God, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. It was at the beginning with God ” [John 1:1–2]. Then gives it incipits Of the remaining three Gospels, as well as a quote from Psalms 118: 6-7 and Psalms 18: 2.

To further discover these and other written amulets, Megan Natzman’s article “Heavenly Help: Read Christian amulets in context”, published in the 2025 issue in the summer. Bible archeology reviews.

Customers: In the 2025 issue of summer, Megan Natzman’s full article “Heavenly Help: Read Christian amulets in the context” Bible archeology reviews.

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