Jewish Legal Formulae in the Aramaic Incantation Bowls
In the Aramaic incantation bowls there is extensive use of legal formulae known also from rabbinic literature and from archaeological findings. Such formulae can be found in oaths, vows, pronouncements of excommunication and especially pronouncements of divorce. In this article, I shall describe the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-81 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jews
/ Custom
/ Magic
/ Rabbinic literature
/ Talmûd bavlî
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion BH Judaism TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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B incantation bowls Jewish magic rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud |
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Summary: | In the Aramaic incantation bowls there is extensive use of legal formulae known also from rabbinic literature and from archaeological findings. Such formulae can be found in oaths, vows, pronouncements of excommunication and especially pronouncements of divorce. In this article, I shall describe the nature of this common legal language by pointing out verbal parallels in the divorce formulae found in the bowls, the Talmud, and the archaeological findings of divorce documents. I will then suggest what can be learned from these parallels. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
Contains: | In: Aramaic studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01301006 |