Jewish love magic : : from late antiquity to the Middle Ages / / by Ortal-Paz Saar.

Jewish Love Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages is the first monograph dedicated to the supernatural methods employed by Jews in order to generate love, grace or hate. Examining hundreds of manuscripts, often unpublished, Ortal-Paz Saar skillfully illuminates a major aspect of the Jewish m...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity 6.
Physical Description:1 online resource (313 pages) :; color illustrations.
Notes:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) -- Universiṭat Tel-Aviv, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Magic)?
  • Making Love, Making Hate
  • Of Loviel and Other Demons
  • A Time to Love and a Time to Hate
  • You Shall Not Walk in Their Statutes?
  • Summary
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.