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What is Ancient Jewish Bibliomancy Practices about?

1) Ancient Jewish texts from the 2nd century BCE provide the earliest examples of Jews using the Torah and other holy books for bibliomantic purposes, or random divination, by opening texts to receive guidance. 2) Both 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees describe Jewish military leaders opening holy books before battles to receive messages from God about whether they would be victorious. 3) This practice developed as Judaism was becoming more of a "religion of the book" in the Hellenistic period, with sacred text

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Mike Sevekh

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