Liturgy, Lore, Mysticism and Magic (3rd-7th century CE)
Greco-Roman Period
- From Text to Tradition
- Primary sources
- The Weekday Amidah- Themes of Jewish Prayer
- The Qedushah- The Mystical Praise of God
- A Qedushta by Yannai- On the Recitation of the Shema
- A Liturgical Poem for the Sabbath Preceding Passover- Miracles that Occurred at Night
- Babylonian Talmud Pesahim 56a- The Oneness of God and the Children of Israel
- Mishnah Hagigah 2-1- Teaching the Secrets of the Torah
- Jerusalem Talmud Hagigah 2-1 (77a)- Merkavah Speculation
- Jerusalem Talmud Haggigah 2-1 (77a-77c)- Four Who Entered the Pardes
- Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 33b- Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai and the Cave
- Sefer Yetzirah- The Early Kabbalah
- Ma’aseh Merkavah- A Mystical Prayer
- Horvat Kanaf Amulet- Incantation Against Fever and Pain
- Aramaic Magic Bowl- The Expulsion of Lilith
- Aramaic Magic Bowl- The Protection of the Family
- Secondary sources
- Judah Goldin. “The Magic of Magic and Superstition.” Aspects of Religious Propaganda in Judaism and Early Christianity. Ed. Elisabeth Schüssler-Fiorenza. Notre Dame- University of Notre Dame Press, 1976.
- Shinan, Avigdor. Synagogues in the Land of Israel- The Literature of the Ancient Synagogue and Synagogue Archaeology. Sacred Realm- The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World. Ed. Steven Fine. New York; Oxford – Oxford University Press, 1996.
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