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| Ancient Jewish Magic: A History | 
 enlarge | Author: Gideon Bohak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $135.00 (317.80 RON)
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Sales Rank: 890830
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0521874572
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.43089924
EAN: 9780521874571
ASIN: 0521874572
Publication Date: April 7, 2008
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Product Description
This is a pioneering history of ancient Jewish magic, from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period. It is based both on the ancient magicians' own compositions (and products) in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek, and on the descriptions and prescriptions of non-magicians, in an effort to reconstruct a historical picture that is as balanced and nuanced as possible. The book's main focus is on the cultural make-up of ancient Jewish magic, with special attention paid to processes of cross-cultural contacts and borrowings between Jews and non-Jews and to inner-Jewish creativity. Another major issue is the place of magic within Jewish society at the time, contemporary Jewish attitudes to magic and the identity of its practitioners. Throughout, it seeks to explain the methodological underpinnings of all sound research in this demanding field, and to point out areas where further research is likely to prove fruitful.
Book Description
This history of ancient Jewish magic, from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period is based both on the ancient magicians' own compositions and on the descriptions and prescriptions of non-magicians. It studies developments arising within the Jewish tradition as well as cross-cultural borrowings from Greco-Egyptian sources.
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