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Thursday, March 04, 2021

Women and sorcery in the Bible and the ANE

PROF. JONATHAN RABINOWITZ: Accusing Women of Witchcraft (TheTorah.com).
It is clear in the Bible and ancient Near Eastern texts that men were sorcerers, yet Exodus 22:17 seems to single out women in its command, “You shall not permit a witch to live.”

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