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A kind of magic : understanding magic in the New Testament and its religious environment
Title
A kind of magic : understanding magic in the New Testament and its religious environment / edited by Michael Labahn and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte.
ISBN
9780567030757
056703075X
Published
London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2007.
Physical Description
xiii, 208 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"This volume offers a collection of essays, earlier versions of which have been presented in the Early Christianity between Judaism and Hellenism seminar of the European Association of Biblical Studies during its Annual Meeting in Groningen, July 2004"--P. [vii].
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 07, 2007
Series
Library of New Testament studies ; 306. European studies on Christian origins
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
From μαγεία to magic : envisaging a problematic concept in the study of religion / Daria Pezzoli Olgiatti
Magic in the ancient world and African culture / Emmanuel O. Nwaoru
Jesus and magic : theodicean perspectives to the issue / Tom Holmén
Jesus the exorcist and ancient magic / Graham H. Twelftree
Μάγοι : astrologers, ecstatics, deceitful prophets : New Testament understanding in Jewish and pagan context / Michael Becker
Magic in the Book of Acts / Stanley E. Porter
Magic from before the dawn of time : understanding magic in the Old Testament : a shift in paradigm (Deuteronomy 18:9-14 and beyond) / Ann Jeffers
Catalogue of spirits, liturgical manuscript with angelological content, incantation? : reflections on the character of a fragment from Qumran (4Q230 1), with appendix, edition of the fragments of IAA #114 / Eibert Tigchelaar
The daughters of Medea : enchanting women in the Graeco-Hellenistic world / Christiane Kunst
Fascinating but forbidden? : magic in Rome / Ulrike Riemer
The great magical papyrus of Paris (PGM IV) and the Bible / Pieter W. van der Horst
The Eighth Book of Moses (PLeid. J 395) : Hellenistic Jewish influence in a pagan magical papyrus / Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte.
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European Association of Biblical Studies. Meeting (2004 : Groningen, Netherlands)
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