Religion, Science, and Magic : In Concert and in Conflict (1992, Paperback, Reprint) in TXT, DOC, PDF
9780195079111 English 0195079116 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. They cover topics such as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the Magician, magic in Hassidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England., 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 inAnglo-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 oftopics, 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., The ten essays here examine the history of the distinction between "true religion" and magic in Christianity and Judaism. Contributors including Hans Penner, Tzvi Abusch and Moshe Idel discuss such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and the Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England.
9780195079111 English 0195079116 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. They cover topics such as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the Magician, magic in Hassidism and Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England., 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 inAnglo-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 oftopics, 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., The ten essays here examine the history of the distinction between "true religion" and magic in Christianity and Judaism. Contributors including Hans Penner, Tzvi Abusch and Moshe Idel discuss such topics as Babylonian witchcraft, Jesus the magician, magic in Hasidism and the Kabbalah, and magic in Anglo-Saxon England.