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- catalog abstract "Miracle-workers and magicians are diffcult characters for contemporary readers of Greco-Roman narratives to comprehend and to distinguish. Hindered both by our modern definitions of "miracle" and "magic," we need to focus our attention on those ancient texts that deal with such characters and their differentiation. Two such texts, the Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius, come from quite different religious backgrounds, but demonstrate remarkably similar subtle cultural scripts at play. A detailed investigation of the social interactions in these two narrative worlds brings these characters and their communities alive and reveals how legitimate miracle-workers were distinguished from illegitimate magicians by the Mediterranean population of the Greco-Roman world.".
- catalog contributor b12721820.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-265) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Miracle-workers and magicians are diffcult characters for contemporary readers of Greco-Roman narratives to comprehend and to distinguish. Hindered both by our modern definitions of "miracle" and "magic," we need to focus our attention on those ancient texts that deal with such characters and their differentiation. Two such texts, the Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus' Life of Apollonius, come from quite different religious backgrounds, but demonstrate remarkably similar subtle cultural scripts at play. A detailed investigation of the social interactions in these two narrative worlds brings these characters and their communities alive and reveals how legitimate miracle-workers were distinguished from illegitimate magicians by the Mediterranean population of the Greco-Roman world.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 277 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0826462103".
- catalog isPartOf "Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 235".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press,".
- catalog subject "226.6/067 21".
- catalog subject "Apollonius, of Tyana.".
- catalog subject "BS2625.52 .R46 2002".
- catalog subject "Bible. Acts Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
- catalog subject "Magicians.".
- catalog subject "Miracle workers.".
- catalog subject "Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century. Life of Apollonius of Tyana.".
- catalog title "Miracle and magic : a study in the Acts of the Apostles and the life of Apollonius of Tyanna / Andy M. Reimer.".
- catalog type "text".