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The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West: From Antiquity to the Present

by Judith Collins

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

1. Ancient Near East Daniel Schwemer 2. Ancient Egypt Friedhelm Hoffmann 3. Early Greco-Roman antiquity Kimberly B. Stratton 4. Imperial Rome Kyle A. Fraser 5. The early church Maijastina Kahlos 6. The early medieval west Yitzhak Hen 7. Magic in medieval Byzantium Alicia Walker 8. Magic, marvel, and miracle in early Islamic thought Travis Zadeh 9. Jewish magic in the Middle Ages Gideon Bohak 10. Common magic Catherine Rider 11. Learned magic David J. Collins, S.J. 12. Diabolic magic Michael D. Bailey 13. Magic and priestcraft: reformers and reformation Helen L. Parish 14. Spain and Mexico Louise Burkhart 15. Folk magic in North America Richard Godbeer 16. Colonial magic: the Dutch East Indies Margaret Wiener 17. Magic in common and legal perspectives Owen Davies 18. Elite magic in the nineteenth century David Allen Harvey 19. Magic in the postcolonial Americas Raquel Romberg 20. New-age and neo-pagan magic Sabina Magliocco.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • Magic· in title
    • Magic· in description
    • Magic· in subject
    • Magic· in edition title
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “folk magic”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Folk magic” in the description, and “Witchcraft” in the edition title.

    • folk magic· via OpenAlex
    • Witchcraft· in title
    • Folk magic· in description
    • Witchcraft· in edition title
  • Retained metadata contains “Jewish magic” in the description.

    • Jewish magic· in description

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2015-03-02Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Medical Entomology and ZoologyEnglishOpen access (green)

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