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This is a collection of contributed papers arising from a conference held at Brown University in 1987. Every culture makes the distinction between "true religion" and magic. One action and its result are termed "miraculous", while another is rejected as the work of the devil. The 10 essays in this book examine the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Their underlying premise is that by understanding how a social group sorts out approved from disapproved practices and beliefs we gain insight into that group's mode of self-definition. One significant recurring theme is that "magic" is the insider's term for the outsider's religion. Social, cultural and anthropological explanations are advanced for the prominence of the magical in certain periods. There are some broad theoretical essays as well as in-depth studies of magic in particular literatures and periods. Among the contributors are Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett and Moshe Idel. Topics considered include Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the Magician, magic in Hasidism and the Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England.
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This book is both interesting and a valuable contribution to the study of magic in its relationship to learning. (The Heythrop Journal)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Mylared. First American.Edition. Collectible Fine Hardcover Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. Clean 294 pp. First Oxford University Press Edition. Penciled poem on first free endpaper. NOT a library copy. Amazing anthology of academic essays on religious magic. Jewish Magic and Hasidism by Moshe Idel Another on science and magic and miracle by Jacob Neusner Another on Babylonian Witches by Tzvi Abusch and Anglo-Saxon Magic by Karen Louise Jolly much more. Fine First edition hardcover and mylared dust jacket. See our Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books Scans of Cover and Table of Contents. Seller Inventory # 876545700001815