Continuity and innovation in the magical tradition / edited by Gideon Bohak, Yuval Harari, and Shaul Shaked.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bohak, Gideon, 1961-

Harari, Yuval.

Shaked, Shaul.

Series:

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 15.

Jerusalem studies in religion and culture, 1570-078X ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic--History--Congresses.

Magic.

Occultism--History--Congresses.

Occultism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together thirteen studies by as many experts in the study of one or more ancient or medieval magical traditions, from ancient Mesopotamia and Pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt to the Greek world, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It lays special emphasis on the recurrence of similar phenomena in magical texts as far apart as the Akkadian cuneiform tablets and an Arabic manuscript bought in Egypt in the late-twentieth century. Such similarities demonstrate to what extent many different cultures share a “magical logic” which is strikingly identical, and in particular they show the recurrence of certain phenomena when magical practices are transmitted in written form and often preserve, adopt and adapt much older textual units.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / G. Bohak , Y. Harari and S. Shaked

Continuity And Innovation In The Magical Tradition: A Jerusalem Symposium And Its Wider Contexts / Gideon Bohak , Yuval Harari and Shaul Shaked

The Revision Of Babylonian Anti-Witchcraft Incantations:The Critical Analysis Of Incantations In The Ceremonial Series Maqlû / Gideon Bohak , Yuval Harari and Shaul Shaked

From Ritual To Magic: Ancient Egyptian Precursors Of The Charitesion And Their Social Setting / Joachim Friedrich Quack

Scribal Practices In The Production Of Magic Handbooks In Egypt / Jacco Dieleman

Magic And Divination: Two Apolline Oracles On Magic / Fritz Graf

Magic And Medicine In The Roman Imperial Period: Two Case Studies / Christopher A. Faraone

When Magical Techniques And Mystical Practices Become Neighbors: Methodological Considerations / Ithamar Gruenwald

Transmission And Transformation Of Spells: The Case Of The Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls / Shaul Shaked

‘This Is A Qybl’ For Overturning Sorceries’: Form, Formula—Threads In A Web Of Transmission / Dan Levene

Astral Magic In Ancient Jewish Discourse: Adoption, Transformation, Differentiation / Kocku Von Stuckrad

The Planets, The Jews And The Beginnings Of “Jewish Astrology” / Reimund Leicht

Metatron And The Treasure Of Gold: Notes On A Dream Inquiry Text From The Cairo Genizah / Yuval Harari

The Magical Rotuli From The Cairo Genizah / Gideon Bohak

An Arabic Version Of “The Sword Of Moses” / Alexander Fodor

Index / G. Bohak , Y. Harari and S. Shaked.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-16156-7

9786613161567

90-04-21526-3

OCLC:

743693696

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004203518.i-390 DOI