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Revised and expanded, this best-selling study tool features hundreds of color photos and maps, a pronunciation guide, information from archaeological excavations, timelines, extensive cross-referencing, unique scale drawings, major articles on theological topics, a variety of Bible translations, and, of course, exhaustive definitions of people, places, things and events. This dictionary was...

The usual technique of exorcism, as shown by contemporary magical papyri, was to adjure the demon (by name, if possible) through the power of one or more gods to depart the one possessed. This was often accompanied by preparations of herbs and the imposition of amulets. Magical words of extended, repeated syllables were also part of almost all exorcistic formulas. By contrast, the exorcisms of Jesus in the Synoptics involved His command without reference to other divine beings (Mark 1:25; 9:25) and
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