Dan Levene
Biographic Data
| ID | 705244 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dan Levene |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dan |
| FAMILY NAME | Levene |
| SIGNATURE | LEVENE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Aramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin
The collection of Aramaic magic bowls and related objects in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin is one of the most important in the world. This book presents a description of each object and its contents, including details of users and other names, biblical quotations, parallel texts, and linguistic features. Combined with the detailed indices, the present volume makes the Berlin collection accessible for further research. Furthermore, sixtee…
A Babylonian Jewish Aramaic Incantation Bowl with a List of Deities and Toponyms
A Babylonian Jewish Aramaic Incantation Bowl with a List of Deities and Toponyms
Incantation bowls, Babylonian
Babylonian incantation bowls, also known as magic bowls, are a type of amulet that consists of an incantation written on domestic earthenware dishes.
Divorcing Lilith
One of the striking features of ancient Jewish magic is the disappearance of numerous magical spells and formulae that are known to us from the Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls; spells that come to be absent from the register of later Jewish magic. In the present paper we present one exception to this general rule, by editing a Genizah fragment (Hebrew Union College 1029) that contains a spell which is well attested in the incantation bowls. …
Heal O' Israel
Early Evidence for Steelmaking in the Judaic Sources
The discovery of steelmaking can be considered one of the important leaps in the evolution of homo faber . Once iron smelting techniques were widely used, iron became the most common metal available. Although iron corrodes easily and is rather soft, with relatively simple skills and materials Its surface can be "steeled" (carbon enriched) to produce a hard metal "case." The production of homogeneous steel by a more complicated technique was achie…
Magical Texts from the Genizah (With a New Duplicate)
L'A. souligne la relation existant entre la magie et la priere. Les textes magiques ne peuvent plus etre relegues dans l'ombre au domaine de la superstition car il est evident que la magie est la forme primitive de therapie et de soin utilisee par les juifs. Un nouveau volume de textes magiques de la Geniza du Caire a ete publie en 1994 dont l'A. fait ici la critique. Il montre qu'il y a eu une continuite de cette tradition magique juive jusqu'au…
Divorcing Lilith
One of the striking features of ancient Jewish magic is the disappearance of numerous magical spells and formulae that are known to us from the Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls; spells that come to be absent from the register of later Jewish magic. In the present paper we present one exception to this general rule, by editing a Genizah fragment (Hebrew Union College 1029) that contains a spell which is well attested in the incantation bowls. …
Heal O' Israel
Magical Texts from the Genizah (With a New Duplicate)
L'A. souligne la relation existant entre la magie et la priere. Les textes magiques ne peuvent plus etre relegues dans l'ombre au domaine de la superstition car il est evident que la magie est la forme primitive de therapie et de soin utilisee par les juifs. Un nouveau volume de textes magiques de la Geniza du Caire a ete publie en 1994 dont l'A. fait ici la critique. Il montre qu'il y a eu une continuite de cette tradition magique juive jusqu'au…
Early Evidence for Steelmaking in the Judaic Sources
The discovery of steelmaking can be considered one of the important leaps in the evolution of homo faber . Once iron smelting techniques were widely used, iron became the most common metal available. Although iron corrodes easily and is rather soft, with relatively simple skills and materials Its surface can be "steeled" (carbon enriched) to produce a hard metal "case." The production of homogeneous steel by a more complicated technique was achie…
Heal O' Israel
A Babylonian Jewish Aramaic Incantation Bowl with a List of Deities and Toponyms
A Babylonian Jewish Aramaic Incantation Bowl with a List of Deities and Toponyms
Incantation bowls, Babylonian
Babylonian incantation bowls, also known as magic bowls, are a type of amulet that consists of an incantation written on domestic earthenware dishes.
Divorcing Lilith
One of the striking features of ancient Jewish magic is the disappearance of numerous magical spells and formulae that are known to us from the Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls; spells that come to be absent from the register of later Jewish magic. In the present paper we present one exception to this general rule, by editing a Genizah fragment (Hebrew Union College 1029) that contains a spell which is well attested in the incantation bowls. …
Aramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin
The collection of Aramaic magic bowls and related objects in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin is one of the most important in the world. This book presents a description of each object and its contents, including details of users and other names, biblical quotations, parallel texts, and linguistic features. Combined with the detailed indices, the present volume makes the Berlin collection accessible for further research. Furthermore, sixtee…
History (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (5 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Ancient Near East History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Incantation (3 works)