Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah

Hardback

Main Details

Title Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lawrence Schiffmann
By (author) Michael Swartz
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:158
Category/GenreBiblical studies
Judaism - mysticism
Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought
ISBN/Barcode 9781850752851
ClassificationsDewey:221.4
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Sheffield Academic Press
Publication Date 6 January 1992
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In this volume, the authors assemble a group of Jewish incantation texts which were copied in the Middle Ages and preserved in the Cairo Genizah. Most of these texts, now in Cambridge University Library, are published here for the first time. All the texts are translated and provided with detailed philological and historical commentary, tracing the praxis and beliefs of the Jewish magical tradition of Late Antiquity. Their relation to Jewish legal and mystical teachings is also explored.