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ii MAGIC HEALING IN THE PRE-CHRISTIAN ERA 73
Babylonian Reshef may denote the incantation of an enchantment.
Among the Jews, the chief concern in dealing with disease was to prevent a recurrence of the trouble. So, when anyone was sick they asked about the sin which was the cause of the illness. Their medicine was mainly prophylactic ; their magic was holy living. |
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