Divination in Ancient Israel and Its Near Eastern Environment: A Socio-Historical Investigation

by Frederick H. Cryer

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567378497
• ISBN13: 9780567378491
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"