| Translated title | 1001 Amulets. Ancient Egyptian Magic, Monotheistic Talismans, Secular Magic |
| Authors |
Thomas Staubli, Christian Herrmann. |
| Editor |
Thomas Staubli. |
| Imprint |
Freiburg, Switzerland, 2010. 224 pp., illustrations: ca. 900 col., 26.8 × 21.2 cm. German. |
| ISBN |
9783940743619 |
| Location |
Bibel+Orient Museum (5 November 2010–31 July 2011) |
| Description |
Amulets from various cultures and religions: Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Samaritan, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and secular. Amulets from the Levant and in the Bible are described in Section III. Jewish amulets discussed in Section V (pp. 178–188), with introductory text on tefillin and mezuzot, the relationship of Solomon, Noah and Adam to Jewish amuletic belief and practice, witchcraft, mystical names, the hexagram, a cosmological amulet, etc. Numerous quotations from Jewish sources (the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Babylonian Talmud, Maimonides, Josephus Flavius, etc.) pertaining to amulets and their use. Basic entries. 7 Jewish items. |
| main keywords |
AMULETS |
| minor keywords |
Kabbalah |
| Other venue |
Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz / Musée juif de Suisse, Basel, Switzerland (17 March 2013–20 July 2014) |
| Catalog from other venue |