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Ancient Jewish magic : a history / Gideon Bohak.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bohak, Gideon, 1961-
Contributor:
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jewish magic--History.
Jewish magic.
History.
Magic in rabbinical literature.
Physical Description:
ix, 483 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Contents:
Jewish magic : a contradiction in terms?
Jewish magic in the Second Temple period
Jewish magic in late antiquity : the "insider" evidence
Non-Jewish elements in late-antique Jewish magic
How "Jewish" was ancient Jewish magic?
Magic and magicians in rabbinic literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-479) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780521874571
0521874572
OCLC:
181072650

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