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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
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      ModernityIsraelModern JudaismJewish Magic
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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      Jewish MysticismJewish MagicAncient Jewish magic
library of Congress Cata loging number: 2016957099 isBn 0-978-8143-3630-4 (hardcover); isBn 978-0-8143-3631-1 (ebook)
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      FolkloreJewish MysticismMagicJewish History
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
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      Jewish - Christian RelationsChristian KabbalahKabbalahRenaissance magic and astrology
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      ViolenceMagicHistory of ViolenceMagical Practices
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
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      Jewish MagicAncient Jewish magic
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      AmuletsJewish Magic
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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
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      Jewish StudiesMagicFunerary ArchaeologyMagic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion)
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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      ReligionAncient Egyptian ReligionComparative ReligionJewish Studies
This publication seeks to endeavour the relationship between material artefacts and reading practices in ancient and medieval cultures. While the acts of reception of written artefacts in former times are irretrievably lost, some of the... more
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      Greek PapyrologyQumranDead Sea ScrollsJewish Magic
My translation of the Sefer Raziel ha-Malakh, first volume
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      History of ScienceWestern Esotericism (History)JudaismEarly Modern Philosophy
This is a translation of Shraga Bar-On's גורל הגר״א - גילוי עתידות באמצעות התורה, a condensed, popularized version of his much more extensive work גורל (המיוחס ל)הגר״א - על שימושים מנטיים בתורה published in Gideon Bohak, Ron Margolin, and... more
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      Modern Jewish HistoryJewish MagicJewish FolkloreHasidim and Mitnagdim
YSU-Kent State Emerging Scholars Lecture Series
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL3n8T5aLAQ
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      Jewish StudiesJewish MysticismMagicJewish History
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
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      AngelologyDemonologyRabbinic LiteratureJewish Magic
‫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
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      Eastern European StudiesRussian StudiesLawJewish Law
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      Jewish MysticismMagicWitchcraft, Religion and MagicJewish Magic
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      Manuscript CulturesNineteenth-Century Print CultureGenizahJewish Magic
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
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      Jewish StudiesLate Antique and Byzantine StudiesTalmudJewish Mysticism
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
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      Jewish StudiesHistory of ReligionJewish MysticismMagic
ТОЛЬКО ОЗНАКОМИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ФРАГМЕНТ, электронная версия не распространяется. Книга ангела Разиэля. Том I / Пер. с ивр. и арам. и коммент. Е. Кузьмина; предисл. и ред. Б. К. Двинянинова. — СПб.: Издательство «Академия исследования... more
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      AngelologyAngelsWestern Esotericism (Anthropology)Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion)
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      Jewish StudiesLate AntiquityRabbinicsRabbinic Literature
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      Jewish StudiesMagicMagical RealismRabbinics
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      Jewish HistoryKabbalahJewish MagicPractical Kabbalah
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
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      Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion)KabbalahJudaismModern Judaism
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      Jewish MagicJewish FolklorePractical Kabbalah
ТОЛЬКО ОЗНАКОМИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ФРАГМЕНТ, электронная версия не распространяется. Книга ангела Разиэля. Том II / Пер. с ивр. и арам., коммент. и послесл. Е. В. Кузьмина; предисл. и ред. Б. К. Двинянинова. — СПб.: Издательство «Академия... more
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      AngelologyAngelsWestern Esotericism (Anthropology)Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion)
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      MagicJewish MagicAncient Jewish magicGrimoire Tradition
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
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      Jewish MysticismBiblical StudiesRabbinicsJewish Thought
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
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      Jewish StudiesHebrew BibleDemonologyMidrash
Translation of the Magical Use of Psalms to English, unedited.
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      Jewish MagicPractical Kabbalah
This book presents the story of a unique collection of 140 manuscripts of ‘learned magic’ that was sold for a fantastic sum within the clandestine channels of the German book trade in the early eighteenth century. The book will interpret... more
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      Discourse AnalysisReligionComparative ReligionHistory
Articles by: Elliot R. Wolfson, Joseph Dan, Rachel Elior, Ada Rapoport-Albert, Gadi Sagiv, Moshe Hallamish, Dov Schwartz, Wojciech Tworek, Naftali Loewenthal, Israel Bartal, Jonatan Meir, Maya Balakirsky Katz, Alon Dahan, Ariel Roth,... more
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      ReligionNew Religious MovementsHistoryIntellectual History
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      AngelologyVisions And DreamsJewish Magic
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
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      Jewish StudiesTalmudJewish MysticismMagic
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
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      Jewish MysticismJewish MagicMedieval Judaism :Adam and Eve
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      Jewish MysticismKabbalahJewish MagicMiddle Ages
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      DemonologyJewish MagicSolomonic MagicGoetia
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      Jewish MagicAncient Jewish magicGrimoire Tradition
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
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      ReligionHistory of ReligionComparative EsotericismMagic
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      Eastern European StudiesJewish StudiesRitualJewish Mysticism
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      Jewish StudiesLate AntiquityRabbinicsRabbinic Literature
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      Jewish MysticismFolk ReligionKabbalahReligion and Popular Culture
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      Jewish PhilosophyJewish MagicMedieval Judaism :Nahmanides
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
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      Jewish StudiesAramaicMagicLate Antiquity
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
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      Hebrew ManuscriptsManuscripts & Material CultureCairo GenizahJewish Magic
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
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      Jewish StudiesJewish Cultural StudiesJewish MagicPractical Kabbalah
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
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      Jewish American LiteratureEgyptologyJewish LawHistorical Anthropology