Hi Zvi, which manuscript are you working on today?
I’m looking at a couple of Genizah manuscripts. In general, I’m now dealing with witches.
Are these magical texts or responsa about witches?
They’re theological texts, on the relations between witches and theologians – not personal relations but of an academic nature. Witchcraft and witches were challenging topics for Jewish rational theologians and they addressed it in their writings. The most challenging case was the biblical story of the Witch of Endor and King Saul.
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