VIRTUAL PRISON BREAKS: NON-ESCAPE NARRATIVES AND THE DEFINITION OF ‘MAGIC’

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 125-139

  Reimer, Andy M ^a  

^a Canadian Theological Seminary   (Canada)

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