Magic and Religion in the Greco-Roman World: The Beginnings of Judaism and Christianity

by Ori Z Soltes and Ori Z. Soltes

Book Overview

The Greco-Roman world was one of multi-aspected Paganisms, with their consciousness of myriad gods and goddesses, daimons and spirits. In that world the Hebrew-Israelite-Judaean tradition struggled to assert itself-and ultimately split into what became Judaism and Christianity. Verbal distinctions that we take for granted-such as those between magic and religion, myth and theology, superstition, heresy and true belief, astronomy and astrology-had...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 099945949X
• ISBN13: 9780999459492
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Academia-West Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"