Haviva Pedaya
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Ben-Gurion University
Haviva is a professor in the Department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research interests are Jewish sources from the Hebrew Bible through the medieval Kabbalah.
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Ronit Meroz
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Tel Aviv University
Ronit is a professor in the Department of Jewish Philosophy, Talmud and Kabbalah at Tel Aviv University. Her research interests are Jewish mysticism (especially Book Bahir, the Book of Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah).
Elhanan Reiner
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Tel Aviv University
Elhanan is a professor in the Department of History of the Jewish People at Tel Aviv University. His research interests are Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Early Modern Europe, and Jewish medieval popular religion in Palestine.
Joshua Levinson
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joshua is a professor in the Department of Hebrew Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: narrative theory and hermeneutics; Rabbinic literature; and the rewritten Bible.
Richard Kalmin
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Jewish Theological Seminary
Richard is a professor in the Department of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. His research interests are the history and literature of the Jews of Late Antiquity.
Karl Grözinger
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University of Potsdam
Karl is a professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests are: history of Jewish thought (theology, philosophy, mysticism); interdependence among theology, philosophy and mysticism.
Literary Dimensions of Medieval Jewish Religious Discourse
[RG #100] Literary Dimensions of Medieval Jewish Religious Discourse
September 1, 2004 - February 28, 2005
Organizer:
Ronit Meroz (Tel Aviv University)
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The goal of this study group is to explore religious systems by scrutinizing the meeting point -- within the cultural context -- of the religious discourse and the literary means chosen to express it; to raise such questions as the relations between different genres and their religious or ideational system, or their social, historical and cultural context.
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Shaul Shaked
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Shaul is a professor in the Institute of Asian and African Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: Zoroastrianism; Middle Persian lexicography; Early Judaeo-Persian, Aramaic magical texts; Aramaic and Arabic loan words in Iranian.
Dan Levene
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University of Southampton
Dan is a professor in the School of Humanities at Southampton University. His research interests are Jewish Aramaic magical texts from Late Antiquity, and metallurgical realia in the classical Jewish sources up to and including Late Antiquity.
David Jordan
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Independent Scholar
David is an independent scholar. His research interests are Greek religion and literature, Greek magical texts and their background.
Alexander Fodor
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Eötvös Loránd University
Alexander is a professor in the Department of Arabic Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His research interests are Islamic magic and its relation to Jewish magic.
Tzvi Abusch
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Brandeis University
Tzvi is a professor in the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. His research interests are Ancient Mesopotamian religious literature.
Occult Powers and Officiants in Non-official Cults within Near Eastern Cultures
[RG #104] Occult Powers and Officiants in Non-official Cults within Near Eastern Cultures
March 1 - August 31, 2006
Organizers:
Gideon Bohak (Tel Aviv University)
Yuval Harari (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Shaul Shaked (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
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Magic is a notoriously ambiguous term to define and set apart, but magical texts seem to display a remarkable degree of similarlity in different cultures, languages and historical periods. If the study of Babylonian, Greek, Jewish and Muslim magical texts raises many recurrent problems, the solutions offered in one discipline can often prove worthwhile in other disciplines as well. By focusing on cultures that are geographically related, and between which there existed some channels of cross-cultural transmission, we can trace not only phenomenological similaries, but also geographical and historical continuities and transformations over long periods of time.
One thing shared by all the cultures covered by members of our group is the assumption that there are many occult powers out there (be they demonds, angels, gods, natural forces etc.)|, and that some men and women are better equipped than others to approach these forces and use them for their own aims. Moreover, members of all these cultures took it for granted that there is a body of knowledge (of special rituals, powerful incantations and so on) that can be mastered by competent individuals and that enable them to use these occult forces more effectively. This body of knowledge, and the social tensions involved in using it, are the main focus of all the group's members and the basis of our comparative efforts.
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Amy Shuman
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Ohio State University
Amy is a professor in the English Department of Ohio State University. Her research interests are folklore studies.
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