Invoking King Solomon on Latin-Inscribed Objects of Practical Magic from Late Antiquity (c. 300-700)

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F21%3A00129019" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/21:00129019 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.ics.cas.cz/casopisy/listy-filologicke" target="_blank" >https://www.ics.cas.cz/casopisy/listy-filologicke</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Invoking King Solomon on Latin-Inscribed Objects of Practical Magic from Late Antiquity (c. 300-700)

Original language description

The parabiblical tradition of Solomon as a magus and an exorcist par excellence is well attested in several literary sources, from the fragments of the first century CE Qumran Caves Scrolls to the fourth century CE Testament of Solomon, an eclectic demonological treatise that described in minute detail the power of the titular protagonist over demons. The belief in Solomon's extraordinary apotropaic powers is further documented by hundreds of Greek-inscribed objects and dozens of magical implements with Semitic inscriptions. In our contribution to the mapping of Solomonic magical traditions, we focus on Latin-inscribed material and collated 10 objects invoking the Jewish king – three circular amulets, three lamellae (two curse tablets and one phylactery), three magical nails, and one amuletic ring. The objects, with one exception datable to the period of late antiquity (c. 300–700), present valuable testimony on the reception of the figure of Solomon in a magical context in the Latin West and serve as a bridge to the later appropriation of the wise builder of the Jerusalem Temple as a master of esoteric knowledge.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60202 - Specific languages

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA21-06319S" target="_blank" >GA21-06319S: Performative Utterances in Epigraphical Documents of the Ancient Mediterranean Tradition</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Listy filologické

ISSN

0024-4457

e-ISSN

2570-9410

Volume of the periodical

144

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3-4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

36

Pages from-to

273-308

UT code for WoS article

000804358600002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85135298714