Michael Becker
Wunder und Wundertäter im frührabbinischen Judentum
Studien zum Phänomen und seiner Überlieferung im Horizont von Magie und Dämonismus
[Miracles and Miracle Workers in the Early Rabbinical Jewry. Studies of the Phenomenon and its Traditions against the Backdrop of Magic and Demonism. By Michael Becker.]
2002. XVI, 534 pages. including VAT
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Michael Becker examines the early rabbinical traditions of miracles and miracle workers. He gives a detailed analysis of magic, demonism, the terminology of miracles and the narrative tradition. He focuses on the miracle worker traditions in early rabbinical records, above all on Honi the Circle-Drawer and Hanina ben Dosa as well as several other figures.