MAGIC AND SCEPTICISM IN AND AROUND THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURY

Magic in the Biblical World: From the Rod of Aaron to the Ring of Solomon

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 86-99

  Downing, F Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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