03442nam 22006612n 450 991081047350332120230606184335.00-19-774085-50-19-972933-610.1093/oso/9780195079111.001.0001(CKB)3710000000506571(EBL)430291(Au-PeEL)EBL430291(CaPaEBR)ebr11303408(OCoLC)930058882(MiAaPQ)EBC430291(OCoLC)1406787900(StDuBDS)9780197740859(EXLCZ)99371000000050657119920929e20231989 |y |engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierReligion, science, and magic in concert and in conflict /edited by Jacob Neusner, Ernest S. Frerichs and Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher[electronic resource]New ed.Oxford :Oxford University Press,20231 online resource (307 pages)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1992.0-19-507911-6 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 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 IndexEvery culture makes a distinction between what it perceives as 'true religion' and 'magic'. These essays explore the history of this tradition 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.Oxford scholarship online.MagicReligious aspectsCongressesMagicReligious aspectsJudaismCongressesMagicReligious aspectsChristianityCongressesReligion and scienceCongressesMagicReligious aspectsMagicReligious aspectsJudaismMagicReligious aspectsChristianityReligion and science291.3/3Neusner Jacob1932-147791Neusner Jacob1932-Frerichs Ernest S.Flesher Paul Virgil McCrackenWhitakerUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910810473503321Religion, science, and magic4152418UNINA