Aug 19 Blog
By: Marek Dospěl
Did Jesus use a magic wand when performing his miracles? It seems so—if we are to judge by some of the earliest depictions of Jesus […]
Aug 6 Blog
“Have you fallen into a severe sickness, and do many come … with charms, some with amulets … to remedy the evil?” With these words, […]
Feb 12 Blog
By: Rangar Cline
In the third century CE, the renowned Roman lawyer known as Paul the Jurist elaborated upon a first-century BCE law regarding murderers and poisoners: Those […]
Sep 18 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
A cache of objects found along the route from Cairo to Mecca may have been used for magic rituals by 17th-century pilgrims on the Hajj. […]
Jul 28 Blog
By: Clinton J. Moyer
Editor’s Note: This blog article contains images of human skeletal remains. An extensive cave just southeast of Beit Shemesh, less than 20 miles west of Jerusalem, […]
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