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1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Library of New Testament studies ;
306. European studies on Christian origins
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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Library of New Testament studies ; 306.
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Library of New Testament studies. European studies on Christian origins.
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"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"--Page [vii]. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
From [mageia] 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 -- [Magoi] : 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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From μαγέια 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 -- Μ́αγοι : 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. |
| Summary |
This collection of articles by distinguished scholars and experts in their particular fields of research is introduced by a chapter dealing with general matters of the current hermeneutics of magic: what is the nature of magic and what is the understanding of magic in the Western world-view and what - for instance - in the African world? Centered around studies on Jesus and magic the second part contains studies on the use of the term magic in the New Testament and especially in Acts. The third section broadens the understanding of magic through selected case studies in different approaches to. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jésus-Christ -- Et la magie. |
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Bible. New Testament -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Neues Testament. |
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Bibel. |
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Magic -- Religious aspects.
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Magic -- Religious aspects. |
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Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Magic -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Magic, Ancient.
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Magic, Ancient. |
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Magic -- Biblical teaching.
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Magic -- Biblical teaching. |
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Magic. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Labahn, Michael.
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Lietaert Peerbolte, L. J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kind of magic. London ; New York : T & T Clark, ©2007 056703075X (DLC) 2007278448 (OCoLC)85812058 |
| ISBN |
9780567629555 (electronic book) |
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0567629554 (electronic book) |
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128320133X |
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9781283201339 |
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056703075X |
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9780567030757 |
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