Officina magica essays on the practice of magic in antiquity (Brill, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 316) and index
Form and purpose in Aramaic spells: some Jewish themes (the poetics of magic texts) / Shaul Shaked -- Incantations in southern Mesopotamia -- from clay tablets to magical bowls (thoughts on the decline of the Babylonian culture) / Joachim Oelsner -- Tablets and magical bowls / Markham J. Geller -- Lunar and snake omens among the Zoroastrians / Antonio Panaino -- What is a magical text? Methodological reflections aimed at redefining early Jewish magic / Yuval Harari -- Drawing and writing: a fourth-century magical spell from Oxyrhynchus / Hagit Amirav -- (Re)interpreting magical gems, ancient and modern / Simone Michel -- Jewish mysticism in the Geonic period: the prayer of Rav Hamnuna Sava / Klaus Herrmann -- Some observations on the diffusion of Jewish magical texts from late antiquity and the early middle ages in manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah and Ashkenaz / Reimund Leicht -- Understanding ritual in Jewish magic: perspectives from the Genizah and related sources / Michael D. Swartz -- "Watermarks" in the MS Munich, Hebr. 95: magical recipes in historical context / Giuseppe Veltri -- The unwritten chapter: notes towards a social and religious history of Geniza magic / Steven Wasserstrom -- Magic and human reason / Marcel Sigrist