| Description |
1 online resource (x, 320 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
IJS studies in Judaica,
1570-1581 ;
v. 4
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IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 4.
1570-1581
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 316) and index. |
| Contents |
Form and purpose in Aramaic spells: some Jewish themes (the poetics of magic texts) / Shaul Shaked -- Incantations in southern Mesopotamia -- from clay tablets to magical bowls (thoughts on the decline of the Babylonian culture) / Joachim Oelsner -- Tablets and magical bowls / Markham J. Geller -- Lunar and snake omens among the Zoroastrians / Antonio Panaino -- What is a magical text? Methodological reflections aimed at redefining early Jewish magic / Yuval Harari -- Drawing and writing: a fourth-century magical spell from Oxyrhynchus / Hagit Amirav -- (Re)interpreting magical gems, ancient and modern / Simone Michel -- Jewish mysticism in the Geonic period: the prayer of Rav Hamnuna Sava / Klaus Herrmann -- Some observations on the diffusion of Jewish magical texts from late antiquity and the early middle ages in manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah and Ashkenaz / Reimund Leicht -- Understanding ritual in Jewish magic: perspectives from the Genizah and related sources / Michael D. Swartz -- "Watermarks" in the MS Munich, Hebr. 95: magical recipes in historical context / Giuseppe Veltri -- The unwritten chapter: notes towards a social and religious history of Geniza magic / Steven Wasserstrom -- Magic and human reason / Marcel Sigrist. |
| Summary |
This book of essays deals with magical phenomena in Mesopotamian, Zoroastrian, Greek and Jewish cultures. The topics discussed include Mesopotamian magic, its impact on the Aramaic magic bowls, Jewish magical literature, magical gems, Zoroastrian omens, and methods of research. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jewish magic -- Congresses.
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Jewish magic. |
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Magic in rabbinical literature -- Congresses.
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Magic in rabbinical literature. |
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Magic, Ancient -- Congresses.
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Magic, Ancient. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Shaked, Shaul.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Officina magica. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2005042075 |
| ISBN |
9781429453486 (electronic book) |
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1429453486 (electronic book) |
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9789004144590 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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9004144595 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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9781433705953 (electronic book) |
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1433705958 (electronic book) |
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9004144595 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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