03187nam 2200661Ia 450 991045385380332120200520144314.01-281-80343-X97866118034380-567-05963-4(CKB)1000000000552780(EBL)436354(OCoLC)277228992(SSID)ssj0000140304(PQKBManifestationID)12046280(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140304(PQKBWorkID)10029524(PQKB)10908319(MiAaPQ)EBC436354(Au-PeEL)EBL436354(CaPaEBR)ebr10250705(CaONFJC)MIL180343(OCoLC)893334125(EXLCZ)99100000000055278019940923d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDivination in ancient Israel and its Near Eastern environment[electronic resource] a socio-historical investigation /Frederick H. CryerSheffield, England JSOT Pressc19941 online resource (368 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;142Description based upon print version of record.0-567-37849-7 1-85075-353-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 WHY MAGIC?; Chapter 2 EVANS-PRITCHARD E.E. Evans-Pritchard and the Azande: A Magic Society; Chapter 3 BETWEEN THE RIVERS-AND ELSEWHERE; Divination as an Intellectual Activity: Omens and the Literary Tradition; What Did it All Mean?; Chapter 4 SOME QUALIFICATIONS; Chapter 5 DIVINATION IN ANCIENT ISRAEL; Other Forms of Israelite Divination Signs; Chapter 6 THE LITERARY USES OF DIVINATION; CONCLUSION; SELECTED LITERATURE; INDEX OF AUTHORS; INDEX OF BIBLICAL CITATIONSIn this revealing study, the author suggests that ancient Israel was a 'magic society' like those around it, and similar in many respects to a number of magic-using 'savage' societies studied by modern social anthropology. Although the Old Testament attempts to distinguish between priestly and prophetic divination, this distinction was not sharply drawn in ancient times. References to divination in fact are found in all genres of Israelite literature, implying that many of these practices were performed throughout Israelite society. 'Cryer's investigation of divination in ancient Israel is a mJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;142.DivinationMiddle EastDivinationBiblical teachingMagicElectronic books.DivinationDivinationBiblical teaching.Magic.221.6291.3/2/0933Cryer Frederick H900857MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453853803321Divination in ancient Israel and its Near Eastern environment2183640UNINA