LEADER 03607nam 2200589 450 001 9910460631103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-972933-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000506571 035 $a(EBL)430291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430291 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430291 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11303408 035 $a(OCoLC)930058882 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000506571 100 $a20161202h19891989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aReligion, science, and magic $ein concert and in conflict /$fedited by Jacob Neusner, Ernest S. Frerichs, and Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d1989. 210 4$dİ1989 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-507911-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a6. 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; Y 327 $aZ 330 $aEvery 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, inc 606 $aMagic$xReligious aspects$vCongresses 606 $aMagic$xReligious aspects$xJudaism$vCongresses 606 $aMagic$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$vCongresses 606 $aReligion and science$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMagic$xReligious aspects 615 0$aMagic$xReligious aspects$xJudaism 615 0$aMagic$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aReligion and science 676 $a291.3/3 702 $aNeusner$b Jacob 702 $aFrerichs$b Ernest S. 702 $aFlesher$b Paul Virgil McCracken 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460631103321 996 $aReligion, science, and magic$91993626 997 $aUNINA