A kind of magic : understanding magic in the New Testament and its religious environment /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : T&T Clark, c2007. |
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| Description: | xiii, 208 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of New Testament studies ; 306 T & T Clark library of biblical studies Library of New Testament studies. European studies on Christian origins Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series. European studies on Christian origins |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6287905 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Part I. From magei&a to Magic: Envisaging a Problematic Concept in the Study of Religion
- Magic in Ancient World and African Culture
- Part II. Jesus and Magic: Theodicean Perspectives to the Issue
- Jesus the Exorcist and Ancient Magic
- Ma&goi, Astrologers, Ecstaticsm, Deceitful Prophets New Testament Understanding in Jewish
- Magic in the Book of Acts
- Part III. Magic From Before the Dawn of the Time
- Understanding Magic in the Old Testament: A Shift in Paradigm (Deuteronomy 18:9 -14 and beyond)
- Catalogue of Spirits, Liturgical Manuscript with Angelological Content, Incantation?
- Reflections on the Character of a Fragment from Qumran (4Q230 1)
- With Appendix: Edition of the Fragments of IAA #114
- The Daughters of Medeia: Enchanting Women in the Greco-Hellenistic World
- Fascinating but Forbidden? Magic in Rome
- The Great Magical Papyrus of Paris (PGM IV) and the Bible
- The Eighth Book of Moses (PLeid. J 395): Hellenistic Jewish Influence in a Pagan Magical Papyrus