Studies on magic and divination in the biblical world / Edited by Helen R. Jacobus, Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme, Philippe Guillaume.
Contributor(s): Jacobus, Helen R | Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer | Guillaume, Philippe
Material type: TextSeries: Biblical intersections: 11.Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2013Description: xvii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781611438697; 1611438691Subject(s): Magic, Semitic | Magic -- Palestine | Magic -- Biblical teaching | Divination -- Palestine | Divination -- Biblical teaching | Magic -- Religious aspects | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etcBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-302) and indexes.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | BF1591 .S78 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903362297 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-302) and indexes.
Introduction / Helen R. Jacobus -- Asakkû: demons and illness in ancient Mesopotamia / András Bácskay -- Notes on the presence of magic within the Hebrew Bible in light of Akkadian literature / Ronnie Goldstein -- Apotropaic intercession in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / Marian Broida -- Magical healing at Qumran (11Q11) and the question of the calendar / Ida Fröhlich -- Calendars in the Book of Esther: purim, festivals, cosmology / Helen R. Jacobus -- Drawing a line between prophecy, magic and divination / Heiko Wenzel -- Dreams in the Hebrew Bible and Wisdom literature / Eleni Soumani-- Aaron and the amazing mantic coat / Philippe Guillaume -- From mantle to scroll: the wane of the flesh and blood prophet in the Elisha cycle / Hadi Ghantous -- Drinking golden bull: the erased ordeal in Exodus 32 / Philippe Guillaume -- A kind of magic? The law of jealousy in Numbers 5:11-31 as magical ritual and as ritual text / Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme -- Peter and Simon in the Acts of Peter: between magic and miracles / Kasper Dalgaard -- Paul and magic: complementary or incongruent entities? Scholarly use of the concept of magic, its definition, and prevalence of magic in Paul's world / Anders Klostergaard Petersen -- How biblical verses became an enchantment against the evil eye (Genesis 48:16; 49:22 in Berakhot 20a; 55b) / Chaim Nathan Marx -- The use of biblical quotations in Jewish Aramaic incantation bowls / Christa Müller-Kessler.