Magic Bowls: Cyrus H. Gordon and the Ubiquity of Magic in the Pre-Modern World
Magic bowls illuminate everyday human concerns-fears and worries, jealousies and hatreds. They remind us of the presence of magic in the ancient-and indeed, modern-world. Gordon's work on magic bowls carried on the interest of his teacher Montgomery, and he himself passed the passion on to a co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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1996
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1996, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-55 |
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| Summary: | Magic bowls illuminate everyday human concerns-fears and worries, jealousies and hatreds. They remind us of the presence of magic in the ancient-and indeed, modern-world. Gordon's work on magic bowls carried on the interest of his teacher Montgomery, and he himself passed the passion on to a congeries of his students. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210536 |