Studies on Magic and Divination in the Biblical World / / ed. by Philippe Guillaume, Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme, Helen R. Jacobus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bacskay, Andras,; Broida, Marian,; Bácskay, András,; Dalgaard, Kasper,; Fröhlich, Ida,; Ghantous, Hadi,; Goldstein, Ronnie,; Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer,; Guillaume, Philippe,; Hemmer Gudme, Anne Katrine de,; Jacobus, Helen R.,; Marx, Chaim Nathan,; Müller-Kessler, Christa,; Petersen, Anders Klostergaard,; Soumani, Eleni,; Wenzel, Heiko,
• HerausgeberIn: Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer,; Guillaume, Philippe,; Jacobus, Helen R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Intersections ; Volume
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)

A selection of essays on magic and divination in relation to the biblical world, including Mesopotamian demonology, Akkadian literary influences, exorcism, healing, calendars, astrology, bibliomancy, dreams, ritual magic, priestly divination, prophecy, magic in the Christian Apocrypha and the New Testament, magic in rabbinic literature, and Jewish Aramaic magic bowls.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Asakkû: Demons and Illness in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Notes on the Presence of Magic within the Hebrew Bible in Light of Akkadian Literature -- Apotropaic Intercession in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East -- Magical Healing at Qumran (11Q11) and the Question of the Calendar -- Calendars in the Book of Esther: Purim, Festivals, Cosmology -- Drawing a Line between Prophecy, Magic and Divination -- Dreams in the Hebrew Bible and Wisdom Literature -- Aaron and the Amazing Mantic Coat -- From Mantle to Scroll: the Wane of the Flesh and Blood Prophet in the Elisha Cycle -- Drinking Golden Bull: the Erased Ordeal in Exodus 32 -- A Kind of Magic? The Law of Jealousy in Numbers 5:11–31 as Magical Ritual and as Ritual Text -- Peter and Simon in the Acts of Peter: between Magic and Miracles -- Paul and Magic: Complementary or Incongruent Entities? Scholarly use of the Concept of Magic, its Definition, and Prevalence of Magic in Paul’s World -- How Biblical Verses Became an Enchantment against the Evil Eye (Genesis 48:16; 49:22 in Berakhot 20a; 55 b) -- The Use of Biblical Quotations in Jewish Aramaic Incantation Bowls -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Ancient Sources