THE ENCHANTMENT OF LITERATURE: A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF MEDIEVAL SCHOLARLY MAGIC AND TEXTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/nvvfnw61Keywords:
Supernatural, Ancient, Medieval Knowledge, The Magical Book of Literature and Mysteries.Abstract
A growing body of research is focusing on religion's "critical categories," and this study provides a
fresh perspective on this topic: When studying concepts that are both malleable and multipurpose,
researchers have the challenge of eliciting accurate understandings of these terms while also resolving
heated debates about their appropriate use. This article argues that rather than reducing the semantic
richness of these categories just via "definitions," should acknowledge polysemantic as a fundamental
feature of most, if not all, of these categories in religious studies. Additionally, the research presents a
novel methodological tool known as "polysemantic analysis."
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