Semitic magic, its origins and development / by R. Campbell Thompson.

  • Reginald Campbell Thompson
Date:
1908
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    Ill, 56. “ Tabu of fixing border or boundary.” VIII, 54. “ From the tabu of . . . border, boundary, or landmark.” II, 47. “ Hath he entered his neighbour’s house ? ” 50. “ Hath he stolen his neighbour’s garment ? ” 61. “ Hath he been insulting, robbed, or caused to rob ? ” VIII, 47-49. “ From the tabu of giving with a small measure, shekel, or mana, and taking with a large one.” 50. “ From the tabu of using a false balance, of taking a wrong price from one under a tabu (?) ” Here also add. II, 114, “He asketh of the BAR-measure, and the KA-measure.” Cf. Old Testament, Eighth Commandment: Exod. xxii, 1 ff. (“ If a man shall steal an ox”) ; Lev. xix. 11 (“Ye shall not steal ”) ; xix> 35, 36 (“ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have”); Deut. xxv, 13 (“Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small”). Cf. vv. 14, 15 ; Deut. xix, 14; and xxvii, 17 (landmarks). One of the great crimes of which the Midianites were guilty was the using of diverse measures and weights, a great and a small, buying by one and selling by another (Sale, Koran, quoting A1 Beidawi in D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orient.). (7) Of lying or breaking promises. II, 6. “ Hath he said 1 no ’ for ‘ yes,’ or ‘ yes ’ for ‘ no ’ ? ” 38, 39. “ Hath he said ‘ there is’ for ‘ there is not,’ or ‘ there is not ’ for ‘ there is ’ ? ” 55-57. “ Hath he been straight with his mouth but not true in his heart, hath his mouth said ‘ yea ’ but his heart ‘ nay ’; in anything hath he meditated unrighteousness ? ” 75. “ Hath he promised with heart and mouth (and) not given ? ” III, 51. “ [Tabu of] saying and denying.” VIII, 56. “From the tabu of promising pleasure and joy, and then denying it and not giving it.” Cf. Old Testament, Ninth Commandment: Exod. xxiii, 1 ; Lev. xix, 11 ff. (8) Of speech. II, 8. “ Hath he spoken what is unholy . . . ?” 12-14. “ Hath he spoken evil . . . ? Hath he spoken what is impure . . . ? Hath he let intrigue be discussed ? ”