Every culture makes a distinction between what it perceives as 'true religion' and 'magic'. These essays explore the history of this tradition in Judaism and Christianity. Editor(s): Neusner, Jacob (Research Professor of Religion and Theology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA); Frerichs, Ernest S.; McCracken Flesher, Paul Virgil. Num Pages: 312 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC; HRJX; HRLK; HRQX2; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 393. . 1992. First Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Religion, Science, and Magic: In Concert and in Conflict
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0195079116
ISBN 13: 9780195079111
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Every culture makes the distinction between "true religion" and magic, regarding one action and its result as "miraculous," while rejecting another as the work of the devil. Surveying such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England, these ten essays provide a rigorous examination of the history of this distinction in Christianity and Judaism. Written by such distinguished scholars as Jacob Neusner, Hans Penner, Howard Kee, Tzvi Abusch, Susan R. Garrett, and Moshe Idel, the essays explore a broad range of topics, including how certain social groups sort out approved practices and beliefs from those that are disapproved--providing fresh insight into how groups define themselves; "magic" as an insider's term for the outsider's religion; and the tendency of religious traditions to exclude the magical. In addition the collection provides illuminating social, cultural, and anthropological explanations for the prominence of the magical in certain periods and literatures.

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Jacob Neusner is at University of South Florida. Ernest S. Frerichs is at Brown University Program in Judaic Studies.

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