“And It Was in the Dwelling of Rabbi Joshua bar Peraḥiah”

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls frequently refer to the notion of exorcising demons by divorcing them. These texts sometimes purport to be anti-demonic divorce writs, borrowing passages directly from the traditional rabbinic certificate of divorce (geṭ). Here I ask how the authors of the...

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Main Author: Frim, Daniel J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-226
Further subjects:B incantation bowls historiola Joshua bar Peraḥiah exorcism myth rabbi-magician
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