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Editing Kabbalistic Texts, ed. by Bill Rebiger and Gerold Necker, 2024
The article focuses on the anonymous kabbalistic treatise "Keter Shem Tov" (Crown of the Good Nam... more The article focuses on the anonymous kabbalistic treatise "Keter Shem Tov" (Crown of the Good Name). This text combines two different traditions: first, speculations and gematriot about the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, especially those of the Tetragrammaton as known from the Ḥasidei Ashkenaz (German Pietists), and second, the theosophical concept of the ten sefirot as developed mainly in the pre-zoharic Spanish Kabbalah of the thirteenth century. In fact, "Keter Shem Tov", which was probably composed in Catalonia around 1260, is the first treatise we know of in which these traditions come together. Thus, the early attribution to the legendary Ashkenazi scholar Rabbi Abraham bar Axelrad of Cologne—who, according to the testimony of Rabbi Solomon ibn Adret, taught in the synagogue in Barcelona—is perfectly fitting even in the face of a lack of convincing historical evidence.
Editing Kabbalistic Texts, edited by Bill Rebiger and Gerold Necker, 2024
Magic and Language: Perspectives on Jewish and Christian Magic in Early Modern Europe, ed. by Yuval Harari, Gerold Necker and Marco Frenschkowski, 2024
A Touch of Doubt: On Haptic Scepticism, ed. Rachel Aumiller, Berlin/Boston, 2021
L'eredità di Salomone. La magia ebraica in Italia e nel Mediterraneo, ed. Emma Abate, Florence, 2019
In order to develop the field of research on printed material of Jewish magic, the article focuse... more In order to develop the field of research on printed material of Jewish magic, the article focuses on the first printing of the Sefer Šimmuš Tehillim (“Book of the Magical Use of Psalms”). The title of the work already suggests the magical use of the 150 biblical psalms. Moreover, the genre of this book resembles that of a manual, less intended to be read than to provide the reader with the appropriate instructions for an intended purpose. The subjects of these instructions are the habitual ones related to, for instance, healing, protection, love charms, dream questions, opening of the heart and aggressive magic. In 1551, the most popular magical manual in Judaism was printed for the first time in the small Italian town of Sabbioneta located in the duchy of Mantua. Regarding the editorial and redactional work of the publishers of the first edition, two different tendencies can be observed. First, the editors tried to complete the structure of the manual so that finally almost every psalm is connected with at least one benefit. Moreover, the text is presently almost completely in Hebrew, except some very common Aramaic words. Second, the editors canceled many additional uses, instructions and magical names, still attested in older manuscripts, including the fragments from the Cairo Genizah. A closer look at the proper beginning of the Sefer Šimmuš Tehillim provides a good impression of the general structure and concept of this magical manual. Furthermore, some peculiarities of this edition including errors or the use of loanwords are discussed.
Chilufim. Zeitschrift für jüdische Kulturgeschichte 25, 2018
Die rabbinische Literatur umfasst ein gigantisches Textkorpus ganz unterschiedlicher Texte: die M... more Die rabbinische Literatur umfasst ein gigantisches Textkorpus ganz unterschiedlicher Texte: die Mischna, die Tosefta und die beiden Talmudim, den Palästinischen oder Jerusalemer Talmud sowie den Babylonischen Talmud, wie auch die beträchtliche Bibliothek der verschiedenen Midraschim. 1 Die rabbinische Literatur kann man grob unterteilen nach halakhischen (religionsgesetzlichen) und aggadischen (erzählerischen) Textsorten. Der Entstehungszeitraum dieser Texte entspricht dem ersten Jahrtausend nach der Zerstörung des Zweiten Tempels im Jahre 70 unserer Zeit. Allerdings werden im Folgenden weder die gaonäischen Schriften des 8.-10. Jahrhunderts noch spätere, mittelalterliche Midraschim behandelt. Es ist wichtig zu betonen, dass die rabbinische Literatur die Literatur der Rabbinen und nicht die aller Juden ist. Oder um es positiv zu formulieren: Es existieren jüdische Texte aus diesem Zeitraum, die nicht zur rabbinischen Literatur gehören. Natürlich sind hier die Übergänge fließend und es ist häufig gar nicht bekannt, wer eigentlich die Autoren dieser Texte sind. Einige dieser jüdischen und wahrscheinlich nichtrabbinischen Texte gehören in die Bereiche Mystik und Magie. Hier wäre vor allem das Korpus der Texte von den himmlischen Palästen, die sogenannte Hekhalot-Literatur, zu nennen. 2 Des Weiteren sind auch Funde von (spät)antiken jüdischen Me-1 Vgl. Stemberger, Einleitung in Talmud und Midrasch. Etymologien von Engelnamen und seine Methodologie wurden kritisiert, vgl. bereits die Rezensionen von Ludwig Blau, in: Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie 2, S. 82-85 und S. 118-120; und Wilhelm Bacher, in: Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums, S. 525-528 und S. 570-572. 7 Margalioth, Mal'akhe 'elyon. Dieses Buch enthält eine alphabetische Auflistung von
Die Philosophie der Antike, Vol. 5/3: Philosophie der Kaiserzeit und der Spätantike, ed. Chr. Riedweg et alii, Basel, 2018
Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies 2018, 2018
The Yearbook is published on behalf of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies ISBN 978-3-11-0... more The Yearbook is published on behalf of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies ISBN 978-3-11-057560-6 e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-057768-6 e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-057624-5
Jewish Manuscript Cultures: New Perspectives, ed. Irina Wandrey, 2017
Writing materials used for ancient and mediaeval Jewish magic include metals, stones, animal hide... more Writing materials used for ancient and mediaeval Jewish magic include metals, stones, animal hides and bones, papyrus, paper, textiles, pottery and other objects. Inscribed finished products designated for magical purposes like amulets, magic bowls, gems, rings, pendants, seals and even skulls have been found. Moreover, numerous instruction texts are extant describing the process of writing and the producing and use of material artefacts. These instructions are attested in unsorted collections of various instructions as well as in applied manuals arranged in a more systematic manner. First and foremost, the fragments from the Cairo Geniza provide us with thousands of these texts. The question this paper tries to answer is whether there is a relationship between the choice of writing material and the intended purpose of the magical act. Another focus is on the correspondence between material artefacts and instruction texts.
Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies 2017, 2017
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 Li... more This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 Licence. For details go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies 2016, 2016
Wein und Judentum, ed. Andreas Lehnardt, Berlin 2014, pp. 97-120
Gershom Scholem in Deutschland. Zwischen Seelenverwandtschaft und Sprachlosigkeit, ed. Gerold Necker, Elke Morlok and Matthias Morgenstern, Tübingen 2014, pp. 19-36
PaRDeS. Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V. 20 (2014), pp. 133-147
Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbiblio---L... more Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbiblio---Layout und Satz WISSENSCHAFTLICHE ARTIKEL 13 Martha Stellmacher 33 Jascha Nemtsov 47 Daniel S. Katz 61 75 Jasmina Huber 87 Itamar Drori 99 10 INHALT Ulrike Kleinecke 117 Bill Rebiger 133 REZENSIONEN Bill Rebiger) 151 סלוניקי, בלאדינו תפילות סידור -נשים סדר עשרה השש המאה Rafael Arnold ) 155 Rotraud Ries) 159 Dorothea M. Salzer) 162 Rafael Arnold ) 167 (Sebastian Schirrmeister) 171 INHALT 11 (Martha Stellmacher) 175 Hans-Michael Haußig) 177 LISTE AUSGEWÄHLTER NEUERSCHEINUNGEN 183 AUTORINNEN UND AUTOREN DES HEFTES 195 von Bill Rebiger -Einleitung
Envisioning Judaism. Studies in Honor of Peter Schäfer on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday, ed. Ra’anan S. Boustan, Klaus Herrmann, Reimund Leicht et alii, vol. 1, Tübingen 2013, pp. 685-713
More than 30 years ago, in 1981, the Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur was published by Peter Schäfe... more More than 30 years ago, in 1981, the Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur was published by Peter Schäfer. 1 Despite the fact that this edition was not the irst publication of texts of this literature, 2 it was immediately acknowledged as a seminal and trailblazing stage of research leading not only to numerous contributions but actually to a new ield of Jewish Studies. 3 The giant volume of the Synopse provided the scholarly world with a synoptic edition of no less than seven manuscripts containing different texts of this corpus of the so-called early Jewish mysticism. 4 While all these manuscripts are of European provenience, they can be differentiated into various geographical as well as cultural areas. This is indicated by the Ashkenazi, Italian, Sephardic, and Byzantine scripts in which these manuscripts were written. The manuscripts can be dated from the fourteenth to sixteenth century. The main reason for a synoptic edition of Hekhalot literature lies in the luidity not only of the boundaries but also of the conigurations of * I would like to thank irst and foremost my venerated teacher Peter Schäfer who taught me more than I could acknowledge here. Furthermore, I owe many thanks to Klaus Herrmann, Tal Ilan, Gideon Bohak, Daniel Abrams, and, last but not least, Reimund Leicht for discussing with me different aspects of different drafts of this paper. 1 P. Schäfer, ed., Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1981).
European Journal of Jewish Studies, 2012
In the astronomical journal books written in German of Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710), a Christian a... more In the astronomical journal books written in German of Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710), a Christian astronomer and publisher with close connections to Pietists, several entries in Hebrew script are striking. In fact, it is not Hebrew or Yiddish but German in Hebrew characters. There is no doubt that the transcription follows more or less an orthography known from Yiddish. Since the content of these entries is rather banal and reflects daily life, it is possible that they are nothing but a kind of scholarly joke, a private pleasure, and practice of scholarly skills. While these private notes were not capable of academic discourse, perhaps Kirch playfully tried to enhance their status by using an uncommon script in contrast to the astronomical data. In this way, it was possible to cover over the triviality of daily life by a veil of mystery by transcribing it in Hebrew characters.
Astronomie, Literatur, Volksaufklärung. Der Schreibkalender der Frühen Neuzeit mit seinen Text- und Bildbeigaben, ed. Klaus-Dieter Herbst, Bremen/Jena 2012, pp. 449-468
Heilige, Heiliges und Heiligkeit in spätantiken Religionskulturen, ed. Peter Gemeinhardt and Katharina Heyden, Berlin/New York 2012, pp. 369-384
Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge 36 (2010), pp. 31-55
Die jüdische Magie der Spätantike und des Mittelalters, auf deren orientalische Bezeugung wir uns... more Die jüdische Magie der Spätantike und des Mittelalters, auf deren orientalische Bezeugung wir uns im folgenden weitgehend beschränken wollen, ist uns vor allem durch Texte bekannt, die in den letzten zweieinhalb Jahrzehnten durch wissenschaftliche Editionen erschlossen wurden. Es seien hier vor allem die umfangreichen Editionen von spätantiken Metallamuletten, babylonischen Zauberschalen und magischen Fragmenten aus der Kairoer Geniza sowie der magischen Makroformen Ḣ arba de-Moshe, Sefer ha-Malbush, Sefer ha-Razim und Sefer Shimmush Tehillim genannt. 1 Angesichts dieser Fülle von edierten magischen Texten, die wiederum nur einen Bruchteil der in den erhaltenen Handschriften bezeugten Texte bilden, ist eine magische Wissenstradition im * Dieser Artikel geht auf einen Vortrag zurück, der auf dem 31. Deutschen Orientalistentag in Marburg am 21. 9. 2010 gehalten wurde. Mein herzlicher Dank gilt Dr. Dorothea Salzer für ihre wertvollen Ratschläge.
Angels. The Concept of Celestial Beings – Origins, Development and Reception, ed. Friedrich V. Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas and Karin Schöpflin. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, Yearbook 2007, Berlin/New York 2007, pp. 629-644
Editing Kabbalistic Texts, ed. by Bill Rebiger and Gerold Necker, 2024
The article focuses on the anonymous kabbalistic treatise "Keter Shem Tov" (Crown of the Good Nam... more The article focuses on the anonymous kabbalistic treatise "Keter Shem Tov" (Crown of the Good Name). This text combines two different traditions: first, speculations and gematriot about the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, especially those of the Tetragrammaton as known from the Ḥasidei Ashkenaz (German Pietists), and second, the theosophical concept of the ten sefirot as developed mainly in the pre-zoharic Spanish Kabbalah of the thirteenth century. In fact, "Keter Shem Tov", which was probably composed in Catalonia around 1260, is the first treatise we know of in which these traditions come together. Thus, the early attribution to the legendary Ashkenazi scholar Rabbi Abraham bar Axelrad of Cologne—who, according to the testimony of Rabbi Solomon ibn Adret, taught in the synagogue in Barcelona—is perfectly fitting even in the face of a lack of convincing historical evidence.
Editing Kabbalistic Texts, edited by Bill Rebiger and Gerold Necker, 2024
Magic and Language: Perspectives on Jewish and Christian Magic in Early Modern Europe, ed. by Yuval Harari, Gerold Necker and Marco Frenschkowski, 2024
A Touch of Doubt: On Haptic Scepticism, ed. Rachel Aumiller, Berlin/Boston, 2021
L'eredità di Salomone. La magia ebraica in Italia e nel Mediterraneo, ed. Emma Abate, Florence, 2019
In order to develop the field of research on printed material of Jewish magic, the article focuse... more In order to develop the field of research on printed material of Jewish magic, the article focuses on the first printing of the Sefer Šimmuš Tehillim (“Book of the Magical Use of Psalms”). The title of the work already suggests the magical use of the 150 biblical psalms. Moreover, the genre of this book resembles that of a manual, less intended to be read than to provide the reader with the appropriate instructions for an intended purpose. The subjects of these instructions are the habitual ones related to, for instance, healing, protection, love charms, dream questions, opening of the heart and aggressive magic. In 1551, the most popular magical manual in Judaism was printed for the first time in the small Italian town of Sabbioneta located in the duchy of Mantua. Regarding the editorial and redactional work of the publishers of the first edition, two different tendencies can be observed. First, the editors tried to complete the structure of the manual so that finally almost every psalm is connected with at least one benefit. Moreover, the text is presently almost completely in Hebrew, except some very common Aramaic words. Second, the editors canceled many additional uses, instructions and magical names, still attested in older manuscripts, including the fragments from the Cairo Genizah. A closer look at the proper beginning of the Sefer Šimmuš Tehillim provides a good impression of the general structure and concept of this magical manual. Furthermore, some peculiarities of this edition including errors or the use of loanwords are discussed.
Chilufim. Zeitschrift für jüdische Kulturgeschichte 25, 2018
Die rabbinische Literatur umfasst ein gigantisches Textkorpus ganz unterschiedlicher Texte: die M... more Die rabbinische Literatur umfasst ein gigantisches Textkorpus ganz unterschiedlicher Texte: die Mischna, die Tosefta und die beiden Talmudim, den Palästinischen oder Jerusalemer Talmud sowie den Babylonischen Talmud, wie auch die beträchtliche Bibliothek der verschiedenen Midraschim. 1 Die rabbinische Literatur kann man grob unterteilen nach halakhischen (religionsgesetzlichen) und aggadischen (erzählerischen) Textsorten. Der Entstehungszeitraum dieser Texte entspricht dem ersten Jahrtausend nach der Zerstörung des Zweiten Tempels im Jahre 70 unserer Zeit. Allerdings werden im Folgenden weder die gaonäischen Schriften des 8.-10. Jahrhunderts noch spätere, mittelalterliche Midraschim behandelt. Es ist wichtig zu betonen, dass die rabbinische Literatur die Literatur der Rabbinen und nicht die aller Juden ist. Oder um es positiv zu formulieren: Es existieren jüdische Texte aus diesem Zeitraum, die nicht zur rabbinischen Literatur gehören. Natürlich sind hier die Übergänge fließend und es ist häufig gar nicht bekannt, wer eigentlich die Autoren dieser Texte sind. Einige dieser jüdischen und wahrscheinlich nichtrabbinischen Texte gehören in die Bereiche Mystik und Magie. Hier wäre vor allem das Korpus der Texte von den himmlischen Palästen, die sogenannte Hekhalot-Literatur, zu nennen. 2 Des Weiteren sind auch Funde von (spät)antiken jüdischen Me-1 Vgl. Stemberger, Einleitung in Talmud und Midrasch. Etymologien von Engelnamen und seine Methodologie wurden kritisiert, vgl. bereits die Rezensionen von Ludwig Blau, in: Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie 2, S. 82-85 und S. 118-120; und Wilhelm Bacher, in: Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums, S. 525-528 und S. 570-572. 7 Margalioth, Mal'akhe 'elyon. Dieses Buch enthält eine alphabetische Auflistung von
Die Philosophie der Antike, Vol. 5/3: Philosophie der Kaiserzeit und der Spätantike, ed. Chr. Riedweg et alii, Basel, 2018
Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies 2018, 2018
The Yearbook is published on behalf of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies ISBN 978-3-11-0... more The Yearbook is published on behalf of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies ISBN 978-3-11-057560-6 e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-057768-6 e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-057624-5
Jewish Manuscript Cultures: New Perspectives, ed. Irina Wandrey, 2017
Writing materials used for ancient and mediaeval Jewish magic include metals, stones, animal hide... more Writing materials used for ancient and mediaeval Jewish magic include metals, stones, animal hides and bones, papyrus, paper, textiles, pottery and other objects. Inscribed finished products designated for magical purposes like amulets, magic bowls, gems, rings, pendants, seals and even skulls have been found. Moreover, numerous instruction texts are extant describing the process of writing and the producing and use of material artefacts. These instructions are attested in unsorted collections of various instructions as well as in applied manuals arranged in a more systematic manner. First and foremost, the fragments from the Cairo Geniza provide us with thousands of these texts. The question this paper tries to answer is whether there is a relationship between the choice of writing material and the intended purpose of the magical act. Another focus is on the correspondence between material artefacts and instruction texts.
Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies 2017, 2017
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 Li... more This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 Licence. For details go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies 2016, 2016
Wein und Judentum, ed. Andreas Lehnardt, Berlin 2014, pp. 97-120
Gershom Scholem in Deutschland. Zwischen Seelenverwandtschaft und Sprachlosigkeit, ed. Gerold Necker, Elke Morlok and Matthias Morgenstern, Tübingen 2014, pp. 19-36
PaRDeS. Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V. 20 (2014), pp. 133-147
Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbiblio---L... more Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbiblio---Layout und Satz WISSENSCHAFTLICHE ARTIKEL 13 Martha Stellmacher 33 Jascha Nemtsov 47 Daniel S. Katz 61 75 Jasmina Huber 87 Itamar Drori 99 10 INHALT Ulrike Kleinecke 117 Bill Rebiger 133 REZENSIONEN Bill Rebiger) 151 סלוניקי, בלאדינו תפילות סידור -נשים סדר עשרה השש המאה Rafael Arnold ) 155 Rotraud Ries) 159 Dorothea M. Salzer) 162 Rafael Arnold ) 167 (Sebastian Schirrmeister) 171 INHALT 11 (Martha Stellmacher) 175 Hans-Michael Haußig) 177 LISTE AUSGEWÄHLTER NEUERSCHEINUNGEN 183 AUTORINNEN UND AUTOREN DES HEFTES 195 von Bill Rebiger -Einleitung
Envisioning Judaism. Studies in Honor of Peter Schäfer on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday, ed. Ra’anan S. Boustan, Klaus Herrmann, Reimund Leicht et alii, vol. 1, Tübingen 2013, pp. 685-713
More than 30 years ago, in 1981, the Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur was published by Peter Schäfe... more More than 30 years ago, in 1981, the Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur was published by Peter Schäfer. 1 Despite the fact that this edition was not the irst publication of texts of this literature, 2 it was immediately acknowledged as a seminal and trailblazing stage of research leading not only to numerous contributions but actually to a new ield of Jewish Studies. 3 The giant volume of the Synopse provided the scholarly world with a synoptic edition of no less than seven manuscripts containing different texts of this corpus of the so-called early Jewish mysticism. 4 While all these manuscripts are of European provenience, they can be differentiated into various geographical as well as cultural areas. This is indicated by the Ashkenazi, Italian, Sephardic, and Byzantine scripts in which these manuscripts were written. The manuscripts can be dated from the fourteenth to sixteenth century. The main reason for a synoptic edition of Hekhalot literature lies in the luidity not only of the boundaries but also of the conigurations of * I would like to thank irst and foremost my venerated teacher Peter Schäfer who taught me more than I could acknowledge here. Furthermore, I owe many thanks to Klaus Herrmann, Tal Ilan, Gideon Bohak, Daniel Abrams, and, last but not least, Reimund Leicht for discussing with me different aspects of different drafts of this paper. 1 P. Schäfer, ed., Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1981).
European Journal of Jewish Studies, 2012
In the astronomical journal books written in German of Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710), a Christian a... more In the astronomical journal books written in German of Gottfried Kirch (1639-1710), a Christian astronomer and publisher with close connections to Pietists, several entries in Hebrew script are striking. In fact, it is not Hebrew or Yiddish but German in Hebrew characters. There is no doubt that the transcription follows more or less an orthography known from Yiddish. Since the content of these entries is rather banal and reflects daily life, it is possible that they are nothing but a kind of scholarly joke, a private pleasure, and practice of scholarly skills. While these private notes were not capable of academic discourse, perhaps Kirch playfully tried to enhance their status by using an uncommon script in contrast to the astronomical data. In this way, it was possible to cover over the triviality of daily life by a veil of mystery by transcribing it in Hebrew characters.
Astronomie, Literatur, Volksaufklärung. Der Schreibkalender der Frühen Neuzeit mit seinen Text- und Bildbeigaben, ed. Klaus-Dieter Herbst, Bremen/Jena 2012, pp. 449-468
Heilige, Heiliges und Heiligkeit in spätantiken Religionskulturen, ed. Peter Gemeinhardt and Katharina Heyden, Berlin/New York 2012, pp. 369-384
Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge 36 (2010), pp. 31-55
Die jüdische Magie der Spätantike und des Mittelalters, auf deren orientalische Bezeugung wir uns... more Die jüdische Magie der Spätantike und des Mittelalters, auf deren orientalische Bezeugung wir uns im folgenden weitgehend beschränken wollen, ist uns vor allem durch Texte bekannt, die in den letzten zweieinhalb Jahrzehnten durch wissenschaftliche Editionen erschlossen wurden. Es seien hier vor allem die umfangreichen Editionen von spätantiken Metallamuletten, babylonischen Zauberschalen und magischen Fragmenten aus der Kairoer Geniza sowie der magischen Makroformen Ḣ arba de-Moshe, Sefer ha-Malbush, Sefer ha-Razim und Sefer Shimmush Tehillim genannt. 1 Angesichts dieser Fülle von edierten magischen Texten, die wiederum nur einen Bruchteil der in den erhaltenen Handschriften bezeugten Texte bilden, ist eine magische Wissenstradition im * Dieser Artikel geht auf einen Vortrag zurück, der auf dem 31. Deutschen Orientalistentag in Marburg am 21. 9. 2010 gehalten wurde. Mein herzlicher Dank gilt Dr. Dorothea Salzer für ihre wertvollen Ratschläge.
Angels. The Concept of Celestial Beings – Origins, Development and Reception, ed. Friedrich V. Reiterer, Tobias Nicklas and Karin Schöpflin. Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, Yearbook 2007, Berlin/New York 2007, pp. 629-644
European Journal of Jewish Studies, 2021
Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2019
Henoch, 2017
E. ABATE, Sigillare il mondo. Amuleti e ricette dalla Genizah: manoscritti magici ebraici della b... more E. ABATE, Sigillare il mondo. Amuleti e ricette dalla Genizah: manoscritti magici ebraici della biblioteca della Alliance Israelite Universelle di Parigi (Machina Philosophorum: testi e studi <lalle culture euromediterranee, 44; Palermo: Officina di Studi Medievali, 2015).
PaRDeS. Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V. 20, 2014
PaRDeS. Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V. 19, 2013
Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge 38, 2013
Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge 36, 2010
Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge 35, 2009
European Journal of Jewish Studies 1.1, 2007
European Association for Jewish Studies newsletter, 2005
European Association for Jewish Studies newsletter, 2003
Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge 30, 2003
Bill Rebiger and Gerold Necker, eds., Editing Kabbalistic Texts, 2024
These conference proceedings present the current state of the art in the field of editing kabbali... more These conference proceedings present the current state of the art in the field of editing kabbalistic texts and features the lectures given at the online conference on this topic on February 2022 at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. The contributions cover fundamental editorial questions that result from recent research, such as the re-evaluation of individual manuscript transmission by copyists who were also kabbalists, or case studies that range from the early to the Lurianic Kabbalah and serve different genres. An initial editorial concept is presented for the main work of medieval Kabbalah, Sefer ha-Zohar (Book of Splendor). The editorial challenges of the treatises and commentaries of Christian kabbalists are also discussed. Textual theories, hermeneutics and the problem of translating kabbalistic texts, which often have multiple versions in the context of their historical reception, are linked to two key elements: first, philological approaches that broaden the way we read and interact with kabbalistic texts, and second, digital solutions that meet the multiple demands of studying and presenting texts.
Open access: https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/87220/978-3-447-12241-2_Free%20Open%20Access%20Download.pdf
The Yearbook mirrors the annual activities of staff and visiting fellows of the Maimonides Centre... more The Yearbook mirrors the annual activities of staff and visiting fellows of the Maimonides Centre and reports on symposia, workshops, and lectures taking place at the Centre. Although aimed at a wider audience, the yearbook also contains academic articles and book reviews on scepticism in Judaism and scepticism in general. Staff, visiting fellows, and other international scholars are invited to contribute. Only frontmatter and content are uploaded. The entire volume is available as open access, follow the link:
https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/497751
The Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies mirrors the annual activities of staff... more The Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies mirrors the annual activities of staff and visiting fellows of the Centre and reports on symposia, workshops, and lectures. Although aimed at a wider audience, the yearbook also contains academic articles and lectures on scepticism in Judaism and scepticism in general. Only frontmatter and content are uploaded. The entire volume is available as open access, follow the link:
https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/482246
The Yearbook mirrors the annual activities of staff and visiting fellows of the Maimonides Centre... more The Yearbook mirrors the annual activities of staff and visiting fellows of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies and reports on symposia, workshops, and lectures taking place at the Centre. Although aimed at a wider audience, the yearbook also contains academic articles and book reviews on scepticism in Judaism and scepticism in general. Only frontmatter and content are uploaded. The entire volume is available as open access, follow the link: https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/467151
Übersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi, vol. III/5, 2008