Demons in the details: demonic discourse and Rabbinic culture in late antique Babylonia

The Babylonian Talmud is full of stories of demonic encounters, and it also includes many laws that attempt to regulate such encounters. In this book, Sara Ronis takes the reader on a journey across the rabbinic canon, exploring how late antique rabbis imagined, feared, and controlled demons. Ronis...

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Main Author: Ronis, Sara (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berkeley, CA University of Californiarnia Press [2022]
In:Year: 2022
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ronis, Sara, Demons in the details : demonic discourse and Rabbinic culture in late antique Babylonia] (2023) (University, Tel Aviv)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Talmûd bavlî / Demon (Motif)
Further subjects:B Jewish demonology
B Demonology (Iraq) (Babylonia)
B Rabbis (Iraq) (Babylonia)
B Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian
B Ancient / Generals / HISTORY
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505 8 0 |t Frontmatter 
505 8 0 |t Contents 
505 8 0 |t Acknowledgments 
505 8 0 |t Introduction: Rabbis and Demon 
505 8 0 |t 1 Origin Stories 
505 8 0 |t 2 Classification Matters 
505 8 0 |t 3 How to Avoid Demonic Dangers 
505 8 0 |t 4 Legal Demons 
505 8 0 |t 5 Serving the Rabbinic Project 
505 8 0 |t 6 Exorcising Demons 
505 8 0 |t Conclusion: The Demon’s in the Details 
505 8 0 |t Bibliography 
505 8 0 |t Subject Index 
505 8 0 |t Index of Jewish Sources 
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