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Oracular Practice

Oracular Practice is a religious ritual within Egyptian Religion in which a deity communicates divine knowledge or guidance through a designated intermediary, distinguished from other forms of divination by its institutionalized setting and direct invocation of the god’s authoritative voice.

27

Publications

1.2K

Citations

33

Authors

19

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3

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Publications

27

Athletes and oracles: the transformation of Olympia and Delphi in the eighth century BC

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 242 citations

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Anthropology and spirit possession: A reconsideration of the Pythia's role at Delphi

Lisa Maurizio · The Journal of Hellenic Studies · 1995 · 125 citations

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Telling wonders: ethnographic and political discourse in the work of Herodotus

Rosaria Vignolo Munson · Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 114 citations · Full text

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Dreams, Theurgy and Freelance Divination: the Testimony of Iamblichus

Polymnia Athanassiadi · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1993 · 91 citations

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The ancient oracles: making the gods speak

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 84 citations

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Authors

33

  1. DN
    D. N. DeLuna

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  2. IL
    Ioannis Liritzis

    University of the Aegean, Greece

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. RC
    Rachel Carroll

    Teesside University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  4. EH
    Erik H. Erikson

    Austen Riggs Center, United States

    1 publications · 61 citations

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  5. JC
    Jan‐Mathieu Carbon

    University of Liège, Belgium

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. Southern Connecticut State University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  2. Bryn Mawr College

    Bryn Mawr, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité

    Nanterre, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  5. Swarthmore College

    Swarthmore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    114 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    125 citations

  7. Economic and Social Research Council

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

  8. University of Liège

    Liège, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 440 citations

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  2. Vetus Testamentum

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  3. ORBi (University of Liège)

    Repository · 1 publications · 22 citations

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  4. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

    JEMS · 1 publications · 34 citations

    1

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  5. Novum Testamentum

    1 publications · 12 citations

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