Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Jews in the Medieval Islamic World
- Part II Social and Institutional History
- Part III Spiritual and Intellectual History
- Chapter 17 Karaism
- Chapter 18 Non-Rabbinic and Non-Karaite Religious Movements
- Chapter 19 Languages and translation
- Chapter 20 Book Production
- Chapter 21 Jewish Bible Exegesis in Muslim Lands in the Middle Ages
- Chapter 22 Jewish Law
- Chapter 23 Liturgy
- Chapter 24 Piyyuṭ
- Chapter 25 Jewish Philosophy
- Chapter 26 Science and Medicine
- Chapter 27 Magic
- Chapter 28 Mysticism
- Chapter 29 Belles Lettres
- Chapter 30 Jewish-Muslim Polemics
- Chapter 31 Historiography
- Chapter 32 Material Culture, Art, and Architecture
- Index
- References
Chapter 27 - Magic
from Part III - Spiritual and Intellectual History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2021
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Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- The Cambridge History of Judaism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Jews in the Medieval Islamic World
- Part II Social and Institutional History
- Part III Spiritual and Intellectual History
- Chapter 17 Karaism
- Chapter 18 Non-Rabbinic and Non-Karaite Religious Movements
- Chapter 19 Languages and translation
- Chapter 20 Book Production
- Chapter 21 Jewish Bible Exegesis in Muslim Lands in the Middle Ages
- Chapter 22 Jewish Law
- Chapter 23 Liturgy
- Chapter 24 Piyyuṭ
- Chapter 25 Jewish Philosophy
- Chapter 26 Science and Medicine
- Chapter 27 Magic
- Chapter 28 Mysticism
- Chapter 29 Belles Lettres
- Chapter 30 Jewish-Muslim Polemics
- Chapter 31 Historiography
- Chapter 32 Material Culture, Art, and Architecture
- Index
- References
Summary
“Magic” is a notoriously difficult term whose exact meaning tends to change from one scholarly treatment to the next. For the purpose of the current survey, magic is the attempt to achieve concrete results in the real world through actions that seek to harness or influence supernatural forces. However, as much of Judaism easily falls under such a definition, in the following survey we shall focus especially on practices that remained outside the framework of “normative Judaism” as embedded in its standard halakhic codes and prayer books.
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