Sepher Ha-Razim
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| Publisher | : SBL Press |
| Total Pages | : 108 |
| Release | : 2022-05-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781628372663 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1628372664 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sepher Ha-Razim by :
Book excerpt: Michael A. Morgan translates Mordecai Margaliath’s text of Sepher Ha-Razim, a fourth century CE magical text, into English. Sepher Ha-Razim includes a story about the book’s transmission from the angel Raziel to Noah eventually down to Solomon, six sections describing the nature, function, magical praxis and angelic inhabitants of six of the heavens, and the divine throne in the seventh heaven. With parallels to Talmudic passages, Enochic literature, and Hekhaloth literature, Sepher Ha-Razim sheds light on Greco-Roman magic in general and more specifically Jewish life in the early centuries CE.
