Ancient Jewish Magic - A History

Informationen zum Autor Gideon Bohak teaches in the Department of Jewish Culture, Tel-Aviv University. He is author of Joseph and Aseneth and the Jewish Temple in Heliopolis (1996). Klappentext A broad history of ancient Jewish magic from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period. Zusammenfassung This history of ancient Jewish magic! from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period! is based both on the ancient magicians' own compositions and on the descriptions and prescriptions of non-magicians. It studies developments arising within the Jewish tradition as well as cross-cultural borrowings from Greco-Egyptian sources. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Jewish magic: a contradiction in terms?; 2. Jewish magic in the Second Temple period; 3. Jewish magic in late antiquity - the 'insider' evidence; 4. Non-Jewish elements in late antique Jewish magic; 5. How 'Jewish' was ancient Jewish magic?; 6. Magic and magicians in rabbinic literature; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gideon Bohak, Gideon (Tel-Aviv University) Bohak, Bohak Gideon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521180986
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18098-6
• No. of pages: 494
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Esoterics: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Judaism, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, Judaism: mysticism