Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah

Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 1850752850
ISBN-13 : 9781850752851
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Book Synopsis Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah by : Lawrence Schiffmann

Download or read book Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah written by Lawrence Schiffmann and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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