TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shaked,Shaul
TI  - Officina Magica: Essays on the Practice of Magic in Antiquity 
T2  - IJS Studies in Judaica
SN  - 9789047407843
AV  - BF1622.J45 
U1  - 133.4/3/089924 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Jewish magic
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Magic in rabbinical literature
KW  - Magic, Ancient
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This book discusses various aspects of the theory and practice of magic in antique cultures around the Mediterranean. While some of its contributors address problems of methodology of research into magic and the definition of magic, others deal with specific historical and textual issues. Although a major focus is on Jewish texts ranging from antiquity to the medieval period, the book also includes studies of several magical texts from ancient Mesopotamia and their impact on later magical practice, and studies of Greek and Zoroastrian texts and artifacts. The approaches thus range from the examination of textual or visual sources to theoretical issues such as the history of research and the definition of magic
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047407843
ER  -