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Magic and the Bible reconsidered.(Magic in the Biblical World: From the Rod of Aaron to the Ring of Solomon)(Book review)
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Magic in the Biblical World: From the Rod of Aaron to the Ring of Solomon. Edited by TODD KLUTZ. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 245. London: T. & T. Clark, 2003.
Magic and its practitioners have long captured the attention and curiosity of the general public. In recent times, we can point to the heightened interest in astrology and horoscopes, not to mention the worldwide Harry Potter phenomenon. Notwithstanding the intense interest in such ...
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Magic and the Bible Reconsidered
Judaism
; Magic and the Bible Reconsidered Magic in the Biblical World: From the Rod of Aaron to the Ring of Solomon. Edited by TODD KLUTZ. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 245. London: T. & T. Clark, 2003. Magic and its practitioners have long captured the attention and
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The end of magic.(Review)
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
; GLUCKLICH, ARIEL. The end of magic. xii, 253 pp., bibliogr. Oxford, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. [pound]37.99 (cloth), [pound]14.99 (paper) Ariel Glucklich went to Banaras to study magic but felt it necessary to write a general introduction to the subject as a ground-clearing exercise first.
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The End of Magic
Journal of American Folklore
; The End of Magic. By Ariel Glucklich. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. 253, preface, introduction, concluding remarks, bibliography, index.) This book simultaneously accomplishes two things. First, it provides a description of magical practices in Banaras, India, through the
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The meanings of magic.
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; The establishment of a new journal titled Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft begs the question: what do these words mean? In what sense do they comprise a useful academic category or field of inquiry? The history of magic and the cultural functions it has played and continues to play in many societies
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Randall Styers. Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World.(Book review)
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; Randall Styers. Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. vi 290. The title of this book is somewhat misleading, as it does not deal directly with practitioners of magic, however defined, but rather explores the variety of ways in
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Magic Wants to Play, But Lakers Stall
Chicago Sun-Times
; Magic Johnson, barring any setbacks in his health, wants to come out of retirement and play at least half of next season's 82-game schedule for the Los Angeles Lakers. The only question is whether the Lakers will want him to play for them. General manager Jerry West was often abrasive if not
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Spiritual and Demonic Magic: From Ficino to Campanella.(Book Review)
Church History
; ... disciple, Diacceto, is clearly demonic (45-46). Walker offers a general theory of magic (part 2, introduction), which neatly maps out the rationale and effects of two distinct kinds of magic: the spiritual magic that Ficino wrote about overtly, which had ...
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Magic Still Has to Confront Toughest Opponent: Mortality
Chicago Sun-Times
; I'm thrilled Magic Johnson has returned to the NBA. But my excitement is not caused by the reasons you might assume. Magic's return has been rumored and delayed and semi-announced and denied and affirmed for so long that whatever blue spark there might have been over his sudden emergence from
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Magic doing it his way to end
Chicago Sun-Times
; It matters not that Magic Johnson has not played a game this season and might never play another for an NBA team. Never mind that Magic, under his doctor's orders, retired from the NBA Nov. 7 because he had tested positive for the AIDS virus. Don't worry that any time Magic plays a hard game, he
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Reunion recaptured the magic
The Boston Globe
; Is bittersweet too empty a word? Magic and Larry there at midcourt, up on the raised parquet, first playful, next thoughtful and finally thankful, ignoring the crowd of 15,000 and losing themselves in their private world. Which, as ever, could be entered only by the two of them. "I didn't want it
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