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Jewish magic is thriving in present-day Israel, in spite of the supposed disenchantment of the modern world. To see how it survived from Antiquity and the Middle Ages to our own days, this essay surveys the development of Jewish magic in... more
Studies in English - 1960-2023 Translations & References A Selection of Books & Articles Appendix 1. Jewish Magic--A Selection of Sources in English Appendix 2. Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur: An Outline of Contents Appendix 3. The... more
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Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno (1435-1505?) was an Italian kabbalist, philosopher and physician. In his less known autograph, Paris, BnF héb. 849, he incorporated contemporary Christian magic sources with kabbalah, providing a practical... more
מהו כישוף? מה היה מקומו בתרבות היהודית בשלהי העת העתיקה? מהי הלשון המאגית? כיצד עוצב הידע המאגי היהודי והועבר מדור לדור? באלו אופנים הוא מומש ולאלו מטרות? מה חשבו חז"ל על כישוף ועל נשים כשפניות? עד כמה נשזרה מאגיה במיסטיקה היהודית הקדומה?... more
The corpus of late antique Babylonian incantation bowls comprises a class of double-bowl sets, consisting of two bowls facing each other, fastened together with bitumen. Occasionally, such bowl sets have been found to contain inscribed... more
The article comprehends a discussion of a short invocation in Pap. New York 35.9.21, XXVII,8, in Pap. Brooklyn 47.218.138, x+XV,7, in Pap. Berlin P. 3037, rt. and on the eastern wall, H 2 of the temple in Hībis. It is shown that in this... more
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Die rabbinische Literatur umfasst ein gigantisches Textkorpus ganz unterschiedlicher Texte: die Mischna, die Tosefta und die beiden Talmudim, den Palästinischen oder Jerusalemer Talmud sowie den Babylonischen Talmud, wie auch die... more
ה י ר ו ט ס י ה ל י ל א ר ש י ן י ז ג מ | w w w. s e g u l a m a g . c o m 88 גיליון | תוכן שטריימל, 14 קולפיק ספודיק, מאז מזוהה היה לא הידוע החסידי הפרווה כובע עם לא... more
Sefer Yeṣirah, or “Book of Formation,” is one of the most influential Jewish compositions of late antiquity. Attributed to the patriarch Abraham, Sefer Yeṣirah claims that the world was created by the powers of the decimal number system... more
Jewish Love Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages is the first monograph dedicated to the supernatural methods employed by Jews in order to generate love, grace or hate.
https://brill.com/abstract/title/21914
https://brill.com/abstract/title/21914
Un article sur le savoir et les pratiques "magiques" dans la société juive contemporaine en France. Paru à l'occasion de l'exposition du MAHJ de Paris, autour de la "magie" juive. En premier, le texte tel que je l'ai proposé, et en... more
Zwischen rabbinischer und magischer Überlieferung Yuval Harari Dieser Aufsatz will die Verwendungsweise des magischen terminus technicus "Schwert" zur Bezeichnung von heiligen Namen untersuchen, wie sie als Kernelemente magischer Formeln... more
The Biblical Book of Psalms has served throughout the ages as a repository of texts used for the magical purposes. Psalm 91 has been particularly eagerly resorted to and the history of its apotropaic usage extends from the ancient... more
Translation of the Magical Use of Psalms to English, unedited.
The Babylonian Talmud contains a tale about the creation of an artificial calf by two sages who dealt with hilkhot yetzirah, or laws of formation (b. Sanhedrin 65b). Already in the eleventh century CE the phrase "Laws of Formation" was... more
The life of Adam may not be a common subject in medieval Jewish writings, but it is not totally absent either. This article will start with a quite moving account of Adam at the very moment he has been expelled out of Eden. Adam, finding... more
The Testament of Solomon is a Greek text that tells the story of Solomon's point of view in the construction of the first temple. Receiving a ring with a seal, by the archangel Michael, he linked demons, including Orias, to this ring... more
The article’s starting point is a recipe from the Cairo Genizah with instructions for opening a locked door by reciting a long adjuration over some dust and throwing it into the lock. This recipe – which is published here for the first... more
Writing materials used for ancient and mediaeval Jewish magic include metals, stones, animal hides and bones, papyrus, paper, textiles, pottery and other objects. Inscribed finished products designated for magical purposes like amulets,... more
This article examines the resemblance between the Talmudic privy demon ("Shed Bet ha-Kise") and Šulak, a well-known Akkadian demon. There are four considerations that point to identifying the privy demon of the Talmud with the Babylonian... more
Little or none is known about the social origin and meaning of the ancient rock paintings of Ethiopia and Horn of Africa. This article critically analyzed some of the ancient rock paintings of Hararqee (Eastern Ethiopia) with the... more