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By Gideon Bohak

Gideon Bohak provides a pioneering account of the extensive background of historical Jewish magic, from the second one Temple to the rabbinic interval. it truly is dependent either on old magicians' personal compositions and items in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek, and at the descriptions and prescriptions of non-magicians, to reconstruct a ancient photograph that's as balanced and nuanced as attainable. the focus is at the cultural makeup of old Jewish magic, and unique cognizance is paid to the procedures of cross-cultural contacts and borrowings among Jews and non-Jews, in addition to to inner-Jewish creativity. different significant matters explored contain where of magic inside of Jewish society, modern Jewish attitudes to magic, and the id of its practitioners. all through, the booklet seeks to provide an explanation for the methodological underpinnings of all sound study during this not easy box, and to focus on components the place extra learn is probably going to end up fruitful.

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