Divination In Ancient Israel And Its Near Eastern Environment: A Socio-Historical Investigation

Book Summary


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 masterful synthesis of social and historical analyses of an important yet neglected topic' (Ronald E. Simkins, Catholic Biblical Quarterly).

Book Details


Book Name Divination In Ancient Israel And Its Near Eastern Environment: A Socio-Historical Investigation
Author Frederick H. Cryer
Publisher Sheffield Academic Press (Nov 2009)
ISBN 9780567378491
Pages 367
Language English
Price 2184
 
 

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