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Autore |
Neusner Jacob <1932-> |
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Titolo |
Religion, science, and magic : in concert and in conflict / / edited by Jacob Neusner, Ernest S. Frerichs and Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher [[electronic resource]] |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-774085-5 |
0-19-972933-6 |
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Edizione |
[New ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 pages) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Magic - Religious aspects |
Magic - Religious aspects - Judaism |
Magic - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Religion and science |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1992. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; I: Statement of the Question; 1. Rationality, Ritual, and Science; II: A Case for Comparison; 2. The Demonic Image of the Witch in Standard Babylonian Literature: The Reworking of Popular Conceptions by Learned Exorcists; III: Religion, Learning, and Magic in the History of Judaism; 3. Science and Magic, Miracle and Magic in Formative Judaism: The System and the Difference; 4. Jewish Magic from the Renaissance Period to Early Hasidism; IV: Religion, Learning, and Magic in the History of Christianity; 5. Magic and Messiah |
6. Light on a Dark Subject and Vice Versa: Magic and Magicians in the New Testament; 7. Magic, Miracle, and Popular Practice in the Early Medieval West: Anglo-Saxon England; V: Magic in Relation to Philosophy; 8. Theurgy and Forms of Worship in Neoplatonism; VI: Religion, Science, and Magic in the Study of Society; 9. Witchcraft and the Occult as Boundary Maintenance Devices; 10. Magic, Religion, Science, and Secularization; Index to Biblical and Talmudic References; General Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Every culture makes a distinction between what it perceives as 'true religion' and 'magic'. These essays explore the history of this tradition |
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in Judaism and Christianity. They cover topics such as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the Magician, magic in Hassidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England. |
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