Why Biblical Scholars Should Study Aramaic Bowl Spells
This study analyses the unique contributions of Jewish incantation texts and categorically examines the bowl spells according to three types of biblical citation: words of power, contextual citations and thematic citations. The bowl spells represent some of the earliest attestations of biblical pass...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-23 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Aramaic language
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/ Early Judaism
/ Liturgy
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament HH Archaeology TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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Aramaic bowl spells
biblical citation
reception history
practical magic
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| Summary: | This study analyses the unique contributions of Jewish incantation texts and categorically examines the bowl spells according to three types of biblical citation: words of power, contextual citations and thematic citations. The bowl spells represent some of the earliest attestations of biblical passages not found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and display formal features useful for reconstructing linguistic and manuscript developments in pre-Islamic Judaism. Furthermore, the biblical citations in these texts shed light on the social location of biblical knowledge and attendant beliefs in the power of the Hebrew text to bring about practical ends. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contains: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01301003 |