A kind of magic : understanding magic in the New Testament and its religious environment / / edited by Michael Labahn and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812059903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark, c2007
• ISBN: 1-283-20133-X; 9786613201331; 0-567-62955-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Collana: Library of New Testament studies ; ; 306; European studies on Christian origins ; ; 306; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
• Altri autori (Persone): LabahnMichael; Lietaert PeerbolteL. J
• Disciplina: 225.813343
• Soggetti: Magic - Religious aspects; Magic - Religious aspects - Christianity; Magic, Ancient; Magic - Biblical teaching
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Contributors; Part I; Daria PEZZOLI OLGIATTI From μαγεíα to Magic: Envisaging a Problematic Concept in the Study of Religion; Emmanuel O. NWAORU Magic in the Ancient World and African Culture; Part II; Tom HOLMÉN Jesus and Magic: Theodicean Perspectives to the Issue; Graham H. TWELFTREE Jesus the Exorcist and Ancient Magic; Michael BECKER Mαγ́оι - Astrologers, Ecstatics, Deceitful Prophets: New Testament Understanding in Jewish and Pagan Context; Stanley E. PORTER Magic in the Book of Acts; Part III; Ann JEFFERS Magic From Before the Dawn of Time: Understanding Magic in the Old Testament: A Shift in Paradigm (Deuteronomy 18:9-14 and Beyond)Eibert TIGCHELAAR 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; Christiane KUNST The Daughters of Medea: Enchanting Women in the Graeco-Hellenistic World; Ulrike RIEMER Fascinating but Forbidden? Magic in Rome; Pieter W. VAN DER HORST The Great Magical Papyrus of Paris (PGM TV) and the Bible; Bert Jan LIETAERT PEERBOLTE The Eighth Book of Moses (PLeid. J 395): Hellenistic Jewish Influence in a Pagan Magical PapyrusINDEX OF REFERENCES; INDEX OF AUTHORS
• Sommario/riassunto: 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