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The Long Life of Magical Objects : A Study in the Solomonic Tradition / Allegra Iafrate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Iafrate, Allegra, 1985- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic.
- Solomon, King of Israel--Miscellanea.
- Solomon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 235 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Penn State University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Examines a series of powerful artifacts traditionally associated with King Solomon, largely via extra-canonical textual sources--Solomon's ring, bottles to contain evil forces, the so-called Solomon's knot, a shamir, and a flying carpet--and traces their varying cultural resonances"--Provide by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Solomon's cabinet of curiosities; objects from an uncanonical collection
- Magical objects and where to find them
- The signet ring
- Bottles for the demons
- Much ado about knotting
- The metamorphic shamir
- Carpets and other flying devices
- Conclusion: "of the cosmopolitan destiny of magical objects."
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed September 17, 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-271-08533-9
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