Greek Deuteronomy's "Fever and Chills" and Their Magical Afterlife
The Greek text of Deut. xxviii 22 preserves the earliest reference in a Jewish context to "fever and chills", a pair that repeatedly surfaces in later incantations. This provided both a scriptural justification for some Greek curses and contributed to the "magical Wirkungsgeschichte&q...
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Language: | English |
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2008
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