LEADER 03103nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910782313003321 005 20230816225524.0 010 $a1-281-80343-X 010 $a9786611803438 010 $a0-567-05963-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000552780 035 $a(EBL)436354 035 $a(OCoLC)277228992 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140304 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12046280 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140304 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10029524 035 $a(PQKB)10908319 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436354 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436354 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250705 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180343 035 $a(OCoLC)893334125 035 $a(iGPub)BLOM0007291 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000552780 100 $a19940923h19941994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdacontent 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDivination in ancient Israel and its Near Eastern environment $ea socio-historical investigation /$fFrederick H. Cryer 210 1$aSheffield, England :$cJSOT Press,$d1994. 210 4$aŠ1994 215 $a1 online resource (368 pages) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v142 311 0 $a0-567-37849-7 311 0 $a1-85075-353-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 CITATIONS 330 $aIn this revealing study, the author suggests that ancient Israel was a 'magic society' like those around it, and similar in many respects to a number of magic-using 'savage' societies studied by modern social anthropology. Although the Old Testament attempts to distinguish between priestly and prophetic divination, this distinction was not sharply drawn in ancient times. References to divination in fact are found in all genres of Israelite literature, implying that many of these practices were performed throughout Israelite society. 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v142. 606 $aDivination$zMiddle East 606 $aDivination$xBiblical teaching 606 $aMagic 615 0$aDivination 615 0$aDivination$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aMagic. 676 $a221.6 676 $a291.3/2/0933 700 $aCryer$b Frederick H$0900857 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782313003321 996 $aDivination in ancient Israel and its Near Eastern environment$93737916 997 $aUNINA