Law, Ritual, and Folklore

 

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Books

 

Gaster, Theodor, The Holy and the Profane: Evolution of Jewish Folkways (NY: William Sloan, 1955)

 

Hanauer, E., Folklore of the Holy Land (London: 1936)

 

Loewe, Heinrich, Judischer Feuersegen (Berlin: S. Scholem, 1930)

 

Reik, Theodor, Pagan Rites in Judaism: From Sex Initiation, Magic, Mooncult, Tattooing, Mutilation, and other Primitive Rituals to Family Loyalty and Solidarity (NY: Grammercy Pub. Co., 1964)

Rosenberg, Jerome, (ed.), A Big Jewish Book (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977)

Zimmels, H. J., Magicians, Theologians, and Doctors: Studies in Folk Medicine and Folklore as Reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa (Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, 1952, 1997)

Articles in Periodicals and Chapters in Books

 

 

Apo, Satu,  Questions Arising in the Comparative Study of Magic Tales,   JFR 23 (1986)

 

Aptowitzer, V.,  Ler Noms de Dieu et des Anges dans la Mezouza, REJ 60 (1910), 39-52; 65 (1913), 54-60

 

Aptowitzer, V.,  Tikkun Mezuzah lefi Baâale HaSod, Ha Zofeh 11 (1912), 100-102

 

Basser, Herbert, "Superstitious Interpretations of Jewish Laws," JSJ 8 (1977), 127-128

 

Ben-Amos, D.,  Jewish Folklore Studies, Modern Judaism 11 (1991), 17-66

 

Bender, A.P.,  Beliefs, Rites, and Customs of the Jews Connected with Death, Burial, and Mourning, JQR os 6 (1864), 317-347, 664-671; 7 (1895), 101-118, 259-269

 

Bleich, Moshe A.,  Magic Shows, JHCS 33 (1997), pp. 17-36

 

Caspi, Mishael M., & Tchernowitz, Nahum, "Fortune Tellers in Northeast Yemen and in Israel," Hebrew Annual Review 14 (1992), 21-42

 

Gilead, Isaac, & Religio-Magic Behavior in the Chalcolithic Period of Palestine,& in E. D. Oren and S. Ahituv, eds., Aharon Kempinski Memorial Volume: Studies in Archaeology and Related Disciplines (Beer-Sheva 15; Beersheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2002), pp. 103-128

 

Heller, B.,  Le Nom divin de vingt-deux lettres dans la priere qui suit la benediction sacerdotale, REJ 55 (1907), 60-71

 

Kohler, K.,  Akiba be Joseph, Alphabet of, Jewish Encyclopedia (NY: Funk & Wagnells, 1901-1905), vol. 1, pp. 310-311

 

Hurowitz, Victor Avigdor  'Blessing the Sacrifice' (I Samuel 9:13): An Overlooked Allusion to Ancient Israelite Extispicy (?),  in E. D. Oren and S. Ahituv, eds., Aharon Kempinski Memorial Volume: Studies in Archaeology and Related Disciplines (Beer-Sheva 15; Beersheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2002), pp. 182-193

 

Lauterbach, Jacob Z., "The Naming of Children in Jewish Folklore, Ritual, and Practice," CCAR 42 (1932), 316-360

 

Lauterbach, Jacob Z.,  Tashlik: A Study in Jewish Ceremonies, HUCA 11 (1936),Ê 207-340

 

Lauterbach, Jacob Z.,  The Belief in the Power of the Word, HUCA 14 (1939), 287ÊÊ 302

 

Lauterbach, Jacob Z.,  The Ceremony of Breaking a Glass at Weddings, in J.Ê Lauterbach, Studies in Jewish Law, Custom, and Folklore (NY: Ktav, 1970), pp.1-30 [=HUCA 11 (1925)]

 

Levi, Israel,  Les Jardins dâAdonis, les Kapparot et Rosch Haschana, REJ 61 (1911), 206-212

 

Levine, Baruch, "Kippurim," EI 9 (1969), 88-95, 136 [Hebrew with English Summary]

 

Levy, E.,  Hokuspokus, REJ 82 (1926), 401-410

 

Oegema, Gerbern S.,  Denn Konig David hatte einen Schild·das hexagramm als magisches schutzsymbol und als Îstein der weisenâ, in Wolf Stegemann & Johanna Eichmann, Der David Stern (Dorsten: 1991), pp. 22-25

 

Rist, M.,  The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: A Liturgical and Magical Formula,äÊ JBL 57 (1938), 289-303

 

Schafer, Peter,  Jewish Liturgy and Magic, in H. Cancik et al. (eds.), Geschichte Tradition÷Reflexion: Festschrift fur Martin Hengel zu siebzigsten Geburstag Vol. 1 (Tubingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1996), pp. 541-556

 

Sisken, E.E., "Transcendental and Folk Aspects of Judaism," Judaism 36:3 (1987), 283-295

 

Trachtenberg, Joshua,  Folk Elements in Judaism, Journal of Religion 22 (1942), 173-186

 

Yoffie, Leah Rachel,  Popular Beliefs and Customs among the Yiddish-Speaking Jews of St. Louis, Mo., Journal of American Folk-Lore 38 (1927), 375-399

 

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