Divination in ancient Israel and its Near Eastern environment [electronic resource] : a socio-historical investigation / Frederick H. Cryer.
Material type: TextSeries: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 142.Publication details: Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, c1994.Description: 1 online resource (367 p.)ISBN:- 9780567059635 (electronic bk.)
- 0567059634 (electronic bk.)
- Divination -- Middle East
- Divination -- Biblical teaching
- Magic
- Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Divination
- Magic, Jewish
- Bible. A.T. -- Histoire des �ev�enements bibliques
- Divination -- Moyen-Orient
- Divination -- Enseignement biblique
- Magie
- RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
- Profetie�en
- Waarzeggerij
- Oude Testament
- Godsdiensten
- Oudheid
- Divination History
- Israel
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- BL613 .C78 1994eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-360) and indexes.
PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 WHY MAGIC?; Chapter 2 EVANS-PRITCHARD E.E. Evans-Pritchard and the Azande: A Magic Society; Chapter 3 BETWEEN THE RIVERS -- AND ELSEWHERE; Divination as an Intellectual Activity: Omens and the Literary Tradition; What Did it All Mean?; Chapter 4 SOME QUALIFICATIONS; Chapter 5 DIVINATION IN ANCIENT ISRAEL; Other Forms of Israelite Divination Signs; Chapter 6 THE LITERARY USES OF DIVINATION; CONCLUSION; SELECTED LITERATURE; INDEX OF AUTHORS; INDEX OF BIBLICAL CITATIONS.
In this revealing study, the author suggests that ancient Israel was a 'magic society' like those around it, and similar in many respects to a number of magic-using 'savage' societies studied by modern social anthropology. Although the Old Testament attempts to distinguish between priestly and prophetic divination, this distinction was not sharply drawn in ancient times. References to divination in fact are found in all genres of Israelite literature, implying that many of these practices were performed throughout Israelite society. 'Cryer's investigation of divination in ancient Israel is a m.
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