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  • 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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