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Re: Qumran and magic (Eduardo)

From: "Daryl F. Jefferies" <djefferi AT students.wisc.edu>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Qumran and magic (Eduardo)
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 23:34:31 -0600

Eduardo and Jason,

This is an interesting (and technically off-topic discussion) Armin Lange summarizes the Essene use of "magic" as both limited and "either sanctified by the Torah or by priestly traditions" (see Armin Lange, "The Essene Position on Magic and Divination," in Legal Texts and Legal Issues [STDJ 23; Leiden: Brill, 1997, pp. 377ff.]). That "magic" found in the scrolls is not necessarily what we might consider "magic." Their practices were probably not that exceptional for their time.

Daryl

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Qumran and magic (Eduardo), Jason Hare, 03/08/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Qumran and magic (Eduardo), Eduardo M. Acuna, 03/08/2001
- Re: Qumran and magic (Eduardo), Joseph Crea, 03/08/2001
- Re: Qumran and magic (Eduardo), Daryl F. Jefferies, 03/09/2001