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Jewish love magic : from late antiquity to the Middle Ages
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- Creator
- by Ortal-Paz Saar
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9789004347892, 9004347895, 9789004347885, 9789004347885
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) -- Universiṭat Tel-Aviv, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- ‎Contents; ‎Acknowledgements; ‎List of Figures; ‎Abbreviations; ‎Introduction; ‎Research Motives and Objectives; ‎Some Definitions, or: 'When I Use a Word', Said Humpty Dumpty ...; ‎What is Love?; ‎What is Magic?; ‎What is Jewish Love Magic?; ‎Research History; ‎The Study of Love Magic in Non-Jewish Traditions; ‎The Study of Love Magic in Judaism; ‎Methodology; ‎The Sources; ‎Chronological Frame; ‎Geographical Frame; ‎Character of Research; ‎Chapter 1. What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Magic)?; ‎1. Historical Background; ‎1.1. Mesopotamia; ‎1.2. Egypt; ‎1.3. Greece; ‎1.4. Rome
- ‎1.5. Christianity‎1.6. Islam; ‎2. Main Features of Love Magic; ‎3. The Magical Rationale; ‎4. The Uses and Abuses of Love Magic; ‎4.1. Justifying an Impossible Love; ‎4.2. Explaining Impotence; ‎5. The Silence of the Targets: Reactions to Love Magic and Counter Spells; ‎6. Summary; ‎Chapter 2. Making Love, Making Hate; ‎1. Introductory Remarks; ‎2. Magical Practices: An Overview; ‎2.1. Writing Magical Formulae; ‎2.2. Uttering Magical Formulae; ‎2.3. Manipulation of Materials without Writing; ‎3. Products of Magical Practices; ‎4. From Theory to Practice
- ‎Chapter 3. Of Loviel and Other Demons‎1. Introductory Remarks; ‎2. Linguistic Aspects; ‎2.1. Language, Person and Gender in the Magical Recipes; ‎2.2. Language, Person and Gender in the Finished Products; ‎3. Appeals and Demands: The Magical Formulae; ‎4. Literary Devices in the Magical Formulae; ‎4.1. Biblical Analogies; ‎4.2. Biblical Quotations; ‎4.3. Non-Biblical Analogies; ‎4.4. Metaphors; ‎5. Magical Signs; ‎5.1. Magical Signs in Jewish Magic; ‎5.2. The Erroneous Term 'kol qatiraya'; ‎5.3. Magical Signs in Jewish Love Magic; ‎Chapter 4. A Time to Love and a Time to Hate
- ‎1. Written in the Stars‎2. The Timing of Magical Practices; ‎2.1. Defining the Hour of the Day; ‎2.2. Defining the Day of the Week; ‎2.3. Defining the Day of the Month; ‎3. Temporal References in Magical Products; ‎4. Summary; ‎Chapter 5. You Shall Not Walk in Their Statutes?; ‎1. Introductory Remarks; ‎2. Prohibited or Permitted Love? The Legitimacy of Love Magic in Judaism; ‎2.1. Love Magic in the Talmudic Literature; ‎2.2. Love Magic in the Halakhic Literature of the Geonic and the Medieval Periods; ‎3. Traits of Jewish Love Magic; ‎3.1. Abstaining from Non-sanctioned Foods
- ‎3.2. Refraining from Desecration of the Shabbat‎3.3. The Attitude towards Supernatural Forces; ‎3.4. Nomenclature of Supernatural Forces; ‎3.5. Employing Biblical Analogies and Verses; ‎3.6. Logocentrism; ‎4. Jewish and Non-Jewish Love Magic: Some Differences; ‎4.1. Magical Practices; ‎4.2. Explicit Sexual Terminology; ‎5. Conclusions; ‎Summary; ‎1. In the Previous Chapters ...; ‎2. What is Jewish Love Magic? A Second Look; ‎Bibliography; ‎Primary Sources; ‎Secondary Literature; ‎Index of Manuscripts; ‎Magic Bowls and Other Inscribed Objects; ‎Index of Subjects