A Kind of Magic: Understanding Magic in the New Testament and Its Religious Environment (Library of New Testament Studies, 306) - Hardcover

 
9780567030757: A Kind of Magic: Understanding Magic in the New Testament and Its Religious Environment (Library of New Testament Studies, 306)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 056703075X ISBN 13: 9780567030757
Verlag: Continnuum-3PL, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

This collection of articles by distinguished scholars and experts in their particular fields of research is introduced by a chapter dealing with general matters of the current hermeneutics of magic: what is the nature of magic and what is the understanding of magic in the Western world-view and what - for instance - in the African world? Centered around studies on Jesus and magic the second part contains studies on the use of the term "magic" in the New Testament and especially in Acts. The third section broadens the understanding of magic through selected case studies in different approaches to magic in the environment and background of the New Testament (Old Testament, Qumran, Apuleius, Women as Magicians). Early Christianity subsequent to the New Testament develops its own view of magic, criticizing pagan magic but not being uninfluenced by magic or magic-like practices. This development is part of the fourth and last chapter of the collection along with two different papers on the possible use of Jewish and Christian themes in later magical texts. The collection explores the importance of magic within Early Christianity, an issue shared with its Old Testament and Jewish roots and with its ancient background, implying reluctance and critique. Both magical traits and the critique of non-Christian magic have an impact on later scripture and still exert influence now on modern theoretical discussion and popular ideas.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Michael Labahn is Wissenschaftlicher Assistant for New Testament at Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Dr. Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte is Lecturer (universitair docent) for New Testament at Kampen Theological University, The Netherlands.

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Verlag
Continnuum-3PL
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
056703075X
ISBN 13 
9780567030757
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
226
Herausgeber
Labahn Michael, Peerbolte Bert Jan Lietaert
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