03607nam 2200589 450 991046063110332120200520144314.00-19-972933-6(CKB)3710000000506571(EBL)430291(MiAaPQ)EBC430291(Au-PeEL)EBL430291(CaPaEBR)ebr11303408(OCoLC)930058882(EXLCZ)99371000000050657120161202h19891989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierReligion, science, and magic in concert and in conflict /edited by Jacob Neusner, Ernest S. Frerichs, and Paul Virgil McCracken FlesherNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1989.©19891 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507911-6 Includes bibliographical references.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 Messiah6. Light on a Dark Subject and Vice Versa: Magic and Magicians in the New Testament7. 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; B; C; D; E; G; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; S; T; V; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; YZEvery culture makes the distinction between ""true religion"" and magic, regarding one action and its result as ""miraculous,"" while rejecting another as the work of the devil. Surveying such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England, these ten essays provide a rigorous examination of the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Written by such distinguished scholars as Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett, and Moshe Idel, the essays explore a broad range of topics, incMagicReligious aspectsCongressesMagicReligious aspectsJudaismCongressesMagicReligious aspectsChristianityCongressesReligion and scienceCongressesElectronic books.MagicReligious aspectsMagicReligious aspectsJudaismMagicReligious aspectsChristianityReligion and science291.3/3Neusner JacobFrerichs Ernest S.Flesher Paul Virgil McCrackenMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460631103321Religion, science, and magic1993626UNINA