Magical Persistence: Rethinking the Vedic Taxonomy of Wisdom with Jonathan Z. Smith’s Approach to Alterity and Canon
In the essay In Comparison a Magic Dwells (1979/1982), J.Z. Smith discusses the problems of comparison and analyzes the limits of standard models applied in the study of religions: how to compare, what one can compare, and, above all, which comparison is adequate for the history of religions? Starti...
| Subtitles: | On Jonathan Z. Smith |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Annali di storia dell'esegesi
Year: 2021, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 209-236 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Smith, Jonathan Z. 1938-2017
/ Simile
/ Magic
/ Canon
/ Veda. Atharvaveda
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion |