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Book Title
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1: Biblical and Pagan Soc
ISBN
9780812217858

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812217853
ISBN-13
9780812217858
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1866151

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
152 Pages
Publication Name
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1 : Biblical and Pagan Societies
Language
English
Subject
Ancient / General, Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, History
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, History
Author
Stuart Clark
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2001-027391
Reviews
A modern scholarly survey of a wide variety of beliefs and practices from ancient times to the present., "A modern scholarly survey of a wide variety of beliefs and practices from ancient times to the present."-- Theology Digest, "An exceptional historical and social analysis of a subject of enduring interest."-- Library Journal, "Although intended mainly for scholars, there is much to interest the common reader."- The New Yorker, "Although intended mainly for scholars, there is much to interest the common reader."--The New Yorker, "A modern scholarly survey of a wide variety of beliefs and practices from ancient times to the present."- Theology Digest, "A modern scholarly survey of a wide variety of beliefs and practices from ancient times to the present."--Theology Digest
Dewey Edition
21
Volume Number
Vol. 1
Dewey Decimal
133.4/3/0933
Table Of Content
Witchcraft and Magic in Ancient Mesopotamia --Marie-Louise Thomsen Magic in Ancient Syria-Palestine and in the Old Testament --Frederick H. Cryer
Synopsis
In the ancient Near East, the art of influencing the natural course of events by means of spells and other ritual forms was universal. The social and political role of magic is apparent, too, in the competition to achieve precedence over rival systems of ritual practice and belief. Within a region filled with petty kingdoms competing for power, the Jews of ancient Palestine maintained control over adherents by developing distinct ritual practices and condemning as heretical those of nearby cults. Texts from Mesopotamia reveal a striking number of incantations, rituals, and medical recipes against witchcraft, attesting to a profound fear of being bewitched. Magical rituals were also used to maintain harmony between the human and divine realms. The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near Eastern cultures and in the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions of the continent. For two millennia, European folklore and ritual have been imbued with the belief in the supernatural, yielding a rich trove of histories and images. Witchcraft and Magic in Europe combines the traditional approaches of political, legal, and social historians with a critical synthesis of cultural anthropology, historical psychology, and gender studies. The series, complete in six volumes, provides a modern, scholarly survey of the supernatural beliefs of Europeans from ancient times to the present day. Each volume of this ambitious six-volume series contains the work of distinguished scholars chosen for their expertise in a particular era or region., This volume, chronologically the first in the six-volume series, deals with the societies of the ancient Near East.
LC Classification Number
BF1567.C79 2001

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