Gideon Bohak on the Pishra de-Rabbi Ḥanina Ben Dosa

01/11/2025 1h 1min
Gideon Bohak on the Pishra de-Rabbi Ḥanina Ben Dosa

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Episode Synopsis

We discuss a fascinating text of all-purpose protective and apotropaic magic with a history spanning millennia with the inimitable Gideon Bohak. Attributed to a first-century rabbi, the Pishra may have its roots in late-antique Babylonia, but it was still being copied into the twentieth century, and, who knows? perhaps today.