Magical Persistence: Rethinking the Vedic Taxonomy of Wisdom with Jonathan Z. Smith’s Approach to Alterity and Canon

In the essay In Comparison a Magic Dwells (1979/1982), J.Z. Smith discusses the problems of comparison and analyzes the limits of standard models applied in the study of religions: how to compare, what one can compare, and, above all, which comparison is adequate for the history of religions? Starti...

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Subtitles:On Jonathan Z. Smith
Main Author: Ferrara, Marianna (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Ed. Dehoniane 2021
In: Annali di storia dell'esegesi
Year: 2021, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 209-236
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Smith, Jonathan Z. 1938-2017 / Simile / Magic / Canon / Veda. Atharvaveda
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion