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 Continuity and Innovation in the Magical Tradition

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-vi)   (496K)
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    • Contents
  • Continuity And Innovation In The Magical Tradition: A Jerusalem Symposium And Its Wider Contexts (1-10) by Gideon Bohak, Yuval Harari and Shaul Shaked   (469K)
  • The Revision Of Babylonian Anti-Witchcraft Incantations:The Critical Analysis Of Incantations In The Ceremonial Series Maqlû (11-42) by Gideon Bohak, Yuval Harari and Shaul Shaked   (968K)
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    • Introduction
    • Analysis
    • Conclusion
  • From Ritual To Magic: Ancient Egyptian Precursors Of The Charitesion And Their Social Setting (43-84) by Joachim-Friedrich Quack   (776K)
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    • Introduction
    • Finding Favor In Egyptian Letters
    • Glorification-Style Wishes For Favor
    • Rituals For Purification And Gaining Favor
    • Prayers For Favor And A Successful Career
    • The “Hot One” As An Adversary
    • Promises Of Favor In The “Oracular Amuletic Decrees”
    • Wishes For Favor In Festive Situations
    • Reflections On Favor Obtained
    • The Menace Of Punishment
    • The King Finding Favor With The Gods
    • Finding Favor In Demotic Magical Texts
    • The Greek Charitesia
    • Bibliography
  • Scribal Practices In The Production Of Magic Handbooks In Egypt (85-118) by Jacco Dieleman   (800K)
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    • Introduction
    • The Demotic Magical Papyri
    • Egyptian Formularies For Healing And Protection
    • Text Formats In Egyptian Formularies
    • Continuity And Innovation In The Demotic Formularies
    • Text Formats In The Demotic Formularies
    • Compartmentalized Recipes
    • Integrated Recipes
    • Conclusion
  • Magic And Divination: Two Apolline Oracles On Magic (119-134) by Fritz Graf   (903K)
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    • Introduction
    • Oracle One: Plague And Sorcery In Lydia
    • Oracle Two: Good Ritual As Magic
    • Conclusion
  • Magic And Medicine In The Roman Imperial Period: Two Case Studies (135-158) by Christopher A. Faraone   (691K)
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    • Introduction
    • Case I: The Wandering Womb
    • Case II: Head Healing And The Agate Gemstone From Anapa
    • Conclusion
    • Abbreviations
    • Bibliography
  • When Magical Techniques And Mystical Practices Become Neighbors: Methodological Considerations (159-186) by Ithamar Gruenwald   (691K)
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    • I
    • II
    • III
    • IV
    • V
    • VI
  • Transmission And Transformation Of Spells: The Case Of The Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls (187-218) by Shaul Shaked   (2M)
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    • Three Incantations Compared
    • Comments On The Texts In The Table
    • Appendix: The Aramaic Texts
    • Bibliography
  • 'This Is A Qybl' For Overturning Sorceries’: Form, Formula—Threads In A Web Of Transmission (219-244) by Dan Levene   (2M)
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    • The Bowls
    • The Meaning Of Qybl’
    • Other Aspects Of The Formulae That Appear In This Group Of Qybl’ Texts (Duplicate Section “A”)
    • The Yaror רורי
    • Summary
    • Other Bowls With Bitumen Markings
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • Astral Magic In Ancient Jewish Discourse: Adoption, Transformation, Differentiation (245-270) by Kocku Von Stuckrad   (612K)
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    • Astrology And Magic In Ancient Culture
    • Astral Magic In Ancient Jewish Discourse
    • References
  • The Planets, The Jews And The Beginnings Of “Jewish Astrology” (271-288) by Reimund Leicht   (756K)
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    • The Absence Of Planets In Ancient Jewish Sources
    • The First Steps Toward An Inclusion: Planets In The Talmud
    • “Jewish Astrology” In Later Centuries
  • Metatron And The Treasure Of Gold: Notes On A Dream Inquiry Text From The Cairo Genizah (289-320) by Yuval Harari   (1M)
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    • Dreams And Divination
    • Practices Of Dream Inquiry
    • Ṣedaqah, Metatron and the Gold Coins: A Dream Inquiry Adjuration from the Cairo Genizah
    • Translation
  • The Magical Rotuli From The Cairo Genizah (321-340) by Gideon Bohak   (810K)
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    • Introduction
    • The Magical Rotuli—A Broad Survey
    • Select Recipes From Bodleian Heb. A3.31
    • Summary
  • An Arabic Version Of “The Sword Of Moses” (341-386) by Alexander Fodor   (722K)
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    • Description Of The Seventh Firmament
    • Conclusions
    • References
  • Index (387-390)   (475K)