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Author : Solomon Nigosian
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781782847625
Explores the practices and rituals associated with magic and divination among the ancient Israelites as documented in the Old Testament.
Author : Helen R. Jacobus
Publisher : Gorgias Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
ISBN : 1463203101
Author : Michael Labahn,Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567629555
This collection of articles by distinguished scholars and experts in their particular fields of research is introduced by a chapter dealing with general matters of the current hermeneutics of magic: what is the nature of magic and what is the understanding of magic in the Western world-view and what - for instance - in the African world? Centered around studies on Jesus and magic the second part contains studies on the use of the term "magic" in the New Testament and especially in Acts. The third section broadens the understanding of magic through selected case studies in different approaches to magic in the environment and background of the New Testament (Old Testament, Qumran, Apuleius, Women as Magicians). Early Christianity subsequent to the New Testament develops its own view of magic, criticizing pagan magic but not being uninfluenced by magic or magic-like practices. This development is part of the fourth and last chapter of the collection along with two different papers on the possible use of Jewish and Christian themes in later magical texts. The collection explores the importance of magic within Early Christianity, an issue shared with its Old Testament and Jewish roots and with its ancient background, implying reluctance and critique. Both magical traits and the critique of non-Christian magic have an impact on later scripture and still exert influence now on modern theoretical discussion and popular ideas.
Author : Ann Jeffers
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9004105131
This publication is a detailed study of magical and divinatory practices in the Ancient Near East, particularly in Palestine and Syria. It combines the insights of the Old Testament with the data available from Phoenician and the older Ugaritic texts. It traces the links both historically and archaeologically.
Author : T. Witton Davies
Publisher : Health Research Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0787302392
1910 among the Hindus, Hebrews, Arabs, and Egyptians. a book to define Magic, Divination, Necromancy, and Demonology. the author believes "it is impossible to lay down lines between them because they are so closely connected in their character and his.
Author : Helen R. Jacobus,Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme
Publisher : Gorgias PressLlc
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1611438691
A selection of essays on magic and divination in relation to the biblical world, including Mesopotamian demonology, Akkadian literary influences, exorcism, healing, calendars, astrology, bibliomancy, dreams, ritual magic, priestly divination, prophecy, magic in the Christian Apocrypha and the New Testament, magic in rabbinic literature, and Jewish Aramaic magic bowls.
Author : Gideon Bohak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521180988
Gideon Bohak gives a pioneering account of the broad history of ancient Jewish magic, from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period. It is based both on ancient magicians' own compositions and products in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek, and on the descriptions and prescriptions of non-magicians, to reconstruct a historical picture that is as balanced and nuanced as possible. The main focus is on the cultural make-up of ancient Jewish magic, and special attention is paid to the processes of cross-cultural contacts and borrowings between Jews and non-Jews, as well as to inner-Jewish creativity. Other major issues explored include the place of magic within Jewish society, contemporary Jewish attitudes to magic, and the identity of its practitioners. Throughout, the book seeks to explain the methodological underpinnings of all sound research in this demanding field, and to highlight areas where further research is likely to prove fruitful.
Author : Thomas Witton Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Demonology
ISBN : UOM:39015049689840
Author : BILL T ARNOLD,HUGH G M WILLIAMSON
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 1729 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789740486
The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books' is the second volume in IVP's Old Testament dictionary series. This volume picks up where the 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' left off - with Joshua and Israel poised to enter the land - and carries us through the postexilic period. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament, this encyclopedic work is characterized by in-depth articles focused on key topics, many of them written by noted experts. The history of Israel forms the skeletal structure of the Old Testament. Understanding this history and the biblical books that trace it is essential to comprehending the Bible. The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books' is the only reference book focused exclusively on these biblical books and the history of Israel.
Author : Ann Jeffers
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004667808
Beginning with Deut. 18:9ff and its condemnation of magicians and diviners, this book explores the window that this text gives us into magic and divination in Ancient Palestine and Syria. Investigating the wealth of language combined with the archaeological and historical evidence, it seeks to place the influence of these factors in the emerging Israelite religion. An integral part of Ancient Near Eastern cosmology and culture, magic and divination are never completely eradicated despite the ideological warfare led by the Old Testament writers. The first part examines the function of various magicians and diviners. This is followed by a chapter on dreams and visions. The third chapter looks at the techniques and devices used by the oracular practitioners. Other subjects covered include magic in warfare, in the treatment of diseases, and blessing and cursing.
Author : Frederick H. Cryer
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850753537
Author : T DESMOND ALEXANDER,DAVID W BAKER
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 1521 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789740288
The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is the first in a four-volume series covering the text of the Old Testament. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament and its background, this encyclopedic work is characterized by close attention to the text of the Old Testament and the ongoing conversation of contemporary scholarship. In exploring the major themes and issues of the Pentateuch, it informs and challenges its readers with authoritative overviews, detailed examinations and new insights from the world of the ancient Near East. The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch, on which the rest of the Bible is built.
Author : Ronald H. Isaacs
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0765799510
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Author : Thomas Witton Davies,Lauron William De Laurence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Demonology
ISBN : UCBK:C035650214
Author : Esther J. Hamori
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300213362
Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world. The Hebrew Bible reveals a variety of traditions of women associated with divination. This sensitive and incisive book by respected scholar Esther J. Hamori examines the wide scope of women’s divinatory activities as portrayed in the Hebrew texts, offering readers a new appreciation of the surprising breadth of women’s “arts of knowledge” in biblical times. Unlike earlier approaches to the subject that have viewed prophecy separately from other forms of divination, Hamori’s study encompasses the full range of divinatory practices and the personages who performed them, from the female prophets and the medium of En-dor to the matriarch who interprets a birth omen and the “wise women” of Tekoa and Abel and more. In doing so, the author brings into clearer focus the complex, rich, and diverse world of ancient Israelite divination.