Interpreting Magic and Divination in the Ancient Near East
This article examines the problems raised by traditional definitions of magic and divination and re-evaluates the ways in which the Western world, especially since the nineteenth century, has viewed ‘magic’ as part of a series of dichotomies: religion vs. magic, science vs. magic. Main highlights an...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2007
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Religion compass
Year: 2007, Volume: 1, Issue: 6, Pages: 684-694 |
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