Solomonic Magic : Methodology, Texts, and Histories /

Solomonic Magic : Methodology, Texts, and Histories /

Solomonic magic has captivated imaginations for centuries, yet its definition remains elusive. Is it a specialized branch linked to King Solomon, or a broader classification of practices attributed to him? This book explores the mysterious world of demon subjugation, examining previously unknown tex...

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Main Author: Sofer, Gal (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity ; 11.

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Jewish Studies.

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Call Number: DS101

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • A Note on Hebrew Transliteration
  • Part 1 Methodology
  • 1 Philology
  •  1 Genes and Scale Shifting
  •  2 Textual Networks
  • 2 Solomonic Magic: A Term in Flux or a Distinct Tradition?
  •  1 Defining through Polemical Discourses
  •  2 The Anatomical Anomaly of "Solomonic Magic"
  • 3 From Micro(s) to Macro: Multi-Sources and Scribal Strategies
  •  1 Practitioners' Confessions
  •  2 Genesis Narratives
  • Part 1: Summary
  • Part 2 Texts
  • Clusters and Nodes: A Brief Introduction
  • 4 Liber Bileth ( LB )
  •  1  Liber Bileth : Fusing Two Texts into One
  •  2 The Book of Spirits
  •  3 The Marvelous Ring
  •  4  Liber Bileth : Preliminary Intra-Clusteric Genetic Analysis
  • 5 Clavicula Salomonis ( CS )
  •  1 Italian and Latin Claviculae : The Clavicula 's Ritual and Six Methods
  •  2 An English Clavicula : The Return of Bileth Son of Aned
  •  3 French Clavicula
  •  4 Hebrew Claviculae
  •  5  Clavicula Salomonis : Preliminary Intra-Clusteric Genetic Analysis
  • 6 Sapientia Salomonis ( SP )
  •  1 A Consecrated Catalog of Demons
  •  2  Liber consecrationum
  •  3  Ḥokhmat Shlomo : The Hebrew SP  s
  •  4  Sapientia Salomonis : Preliminary Intra-Clusteric Genetic Analysis
  •  5  Liber centum regum
  •  6 Intra- and Inter-Clusteric Analysis
  • Part 2: Summary
  • Part 3 Histories
  • Introduction: Beyond the Solomonic Veil
  • 7 The Babylonian Background
  •  1  Ḥover Ḥaver -The Reception of a Biblical Term
  •  2 Babylonian Jews and Demons-Expelling or Gathering?
  • 8 Sefer Haqqevitza
  •  1 Gathering Demons in Fustat- Sefer Haqqevitza and the Four Elements
  •  2  Sefer Haqqevitza -A Babylonian Component of the Solomonic Network
  •  3 Solomonic Attribution
  •  4 Where Are You, Arabic Sources? Some Short Notes on a Great Lacuna
  • 9 Binding Demons in Medieval Ashkenaz and Provence
  •  1 Ashkenazic Ḥasidim and Sefer Haqqevitza
  •  2 The Chiefs of the Teli
  •  3 The Demonology of the Kohen Brothers
  • 10 Binding Demons in Medieval Spain-The Astral Turn
  •  1 Moses of Burgos and Nachmanides
  •  2  Liber Razielis
  •  3  Berit Menuḥa
  • 11 Berengar Ganell and Liber Theysolius
  •  1 The Magisterium and the Summa
  •  2 Repositories of Names: The Case of Liber Theysolius
  • 12 The Age of the Clavicula
  •  1  Clavicula Salomonis : An Italian Reaction to Information Overload
  •  2  SQR Genes in the Early Modern Period
  •  3 Abraham Colorni and the Untold Story of the Hebrew Claviculae
  • 13 Curating Wisdom-The Art of Knowledge Cataloging
  •  1 Making Catalogs I : Demons
  •  2 Making Catalogs II : Pentacles
  • 14 The Greek Myth
  •  1 Rethinking the Hygromanteia Hypothesis
  •  2 Catoptromancy and the Solomonic Network
  • Part 3: Summary
  • Solomonic Magic: Final Thoughts
  • Bibliography
  • Index.