Jewish amulets, magic bowls, and manuals in Aramaic and Hebrew

This chapter focuses on Jewish Aramaic and Hebrew ritual materials from Late Antiquity to the early medieval period including: Palestinian amulets and spells, Babylonian magic bowls, and the recipes preserved in the Cairo Genizah. Materials are interrogated for evidence of social context (gender of...

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Subtitles:The materials of ancient magic
Main Author: Bohak, Gideon 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Guide to the study of ancient magic
Year: 2019, Pages: 388-415
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:This chapter focuses on Jewish Aramaic and Hebrew ritual materials from Late Antiquity to the early medieval period including: Palestinian amulets and spells, Babylonian magic bowls, and the recipes preserved in the Cairo Genizah. Materials are interrogated for evidence of social context (gender of clientele) and the status of these kinds of materials in Judaism at the time of composition. Finally, it compares Jewish materials to non-Jewish analogues.
ISBN:9004390758
Contains:Enthalten in: Guide to the study of ancient magic
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004390751_017