Michael L. Satlow
Professor of Judaic Studies and Religious Studies at Brown University and author of An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity (Princeton UP, 2026), specializing in social and religious history of late antiquity.
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Apr 13, 2026 • 53min
Michael L. Satlow, "An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Michael L. Satlow, professor of Judaic and Religious Studies at Brown, studies lived religion in late antiquity. He describes a world alive with divine agents, protective amulets, and practical ritual specialists. He traces shared sacred spaces, contested holy objects, and how everyday people navigated spirits and heavenly intermediaries in daily life.
Apr 13, 2026 • 53min
Michael L. Satlow, "An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Michael L. Satlow, Professor of Judaic and Religious Studies at Brown University, explores religion as lived practice in Late Antiquity. He traces shared spiritual landscapes, from angels and spirits to amulets and sacred places. Short scenes cover ritual specialists, contested calendars, and how everyday people navigated an enchanted world of healing, protection, and overlapping sacred spaces.
