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Andrew Mark Henry is a scholar of religious studies. His research focus is early Christianity and late Roman religion. He earned his PhD at Boston University.His YouTube channel is "Religion for Breakfast", find it here.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Was Jesus a Magician?
3:35 - The Origins of ‘Magic’
10:02 - Celsus, Christianity’s Earliest Critic
16:35 - The Wise Magi
19:59 - Did Jesus Use a Wand?
30:22 - Curses, Rituals, and Magical Formulas
40:43 - What Kind of “Magus” Was Jesus?
43:52 - Was Jesus a Freelance Ritual Expert?
48:34 - Charisma and the Origin of Exorcism
53:03 - Grimoires: The Magic of the Written Word
01:08:40 - The Religion Department
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