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>Jewish magic at the end of the Middle Ages
>Until recently there was little attention to the study of magic and the various arts linked to its practice in Judaism. This lack of attention was due to the erroneous belief, widespread until recent times among Hebraists and scholars of the Jewish world in general, that the Jews had shown very little interest in magic. Nineteenth-century authors, strongly influenced by the rationalism dominant in scientific thought in that century, attempted to highlight the more rationalist aspects of Jewish culture. Regarding Hispanic Judaism, for example, research on Hebrew culture has focused preferentially on historical, philosophical and literary production in general, neglecting fields such as medicine, astrology or learned magic. Today there is no longer any doubt that the use of magic was common in Judaism
>This is revealed in some of the most recent studies on Jewish magic. Among such studies we have those that deserve to be highlighted such as those by Ron Barkai in “Science Magic and Mythology in the Middle ages” and “L'us dels Salms na màgia jueva de l'Edat Mitjana e Renaixement: o llibre Shimush Tehil.lim in La Càbala”, etc
