Gideon Bohak, Ph.D Princeton 1994 is Professor of Jewish Culture and Religious Studies at Tel-Aviv University. He has published extensively on ancient Judaism and on Jewish magic, including Ancient Jewish Magic (Cambridge University Press, 2008).Yuval Harari, Ph.D (1998) in Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a senior lecturer of Hebrew Literature and Folklore Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He has published extensively on textual and cultural aspects of Jewish magic, including Early Jewish Magic – Research, Method, Sources (Ben-Zvi Institute Publications and The Bialik Institute Publications, 2010) (Hebrew).Shaul Shaked is Professor emeritus in Iranian Studies and Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Among his books are Dualism in Transformation (London 1994), Amulets and Magic Bowls (with Joseph Naveh, 3rd edition, Jerusalem 1998), Magische Texte aus der Kairoer GenizaM, so far 3 vols. (With Peter Schaefer, Tuebingen 1994-).

• Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Jacco Dieleman, Fritz Graf, Christopher Faraone, Ithamar Gruenwald, Shaul Shaked, Dan Levene, Kocku von Stuckrad, Reimund Leicht, Yuval Harari, Gideon Bohak, and Alexander Fodor.

Gideon Bohak, Ph.D Princeton 1994 is Professor of Jewish Culture and Religious Studies at Tel-Aviv University. He has published extensively on ancient Judaism and on Jewish magic, including Ancient Jewish Magic (Cambridge University Press, 2008).Yuval Harari, Ph.D (1998) in Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a senior lecturer of Hebrew Literature and Folklore Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He has published extensively on textual and cultural aspects of Jewish magic, including Early Jewish Magic – Research, Method, Sources (Ben-Zvi Institute Publications and The Bialik Institute Publications, 2010) (Hebrew).Shaul Shaked is Professor emeritus in Iranian Studies and Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Among his books are Dualism in Transformation (London 1994), Amulets and Magic Bowls (with Joseph Naveh, 3rd edition, Jerusalem 1998), Magische Texte aus der Kairoer GenizaM, so far 3 vols. (With Peter Schaefer, Tuebingen 1994-).

• Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Jacco Dieleman, Fritz Graf, Christopher Faraone, Ithamar Gruenwald, Shaul Shaked, Dan Levene, Kocku von Stuckrad, Reimund Leicht, Yuval Harari, Gideon Bohak, and Alexander Fodor.

Gideon Bohak, Ph.D Princeton 1994 is Professor of Jewish Culture and Religious Studies at Tel-Aviv University. He has published extensively on ancient Judaism and on Jewish magic, including Ancient Jewish Magic (Cambridge University Press, 2008).Yuval Harari, Ph.D (1998) in Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a senior lecturer of Hebrew Literature and Folklore Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He has published extensively on textual and cultural aspects of Jewish magic, including Early Jewish Magic – Research, Method, Sources (Ben-Zvi Institute Publications and The Bialik Institute Publications, 2010) (Hebrew).Shaul Shaked is Professor emeritus in Iranian Studies and Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Among his books are Dualism in Transformation (London 1994), Amulets and Magic Bowls (with Joseph Naveh, 3rd edition, Jerusalem 1998), Magische Texte aus der Kairoer GenizaM, so far 3 vols. (With Peter Schaefer, Tuebingen 1994-).

• Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, Joachim Friedrich Quack, Jacco Dieleman, Fritz Graf, Christopher Faraone, Ithamar Gruenwald, Shaul Shaked, Dan Levene, Kocku von Stuckrad, Reimund Leicht, Yuval Harari, Gideon Bohak, and Alexander Fodor.