ADHO Digital Humanities Conference 2023 (DH2023)
Published June 30, 2023 | Version v1
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Computing Angel Names in Jewish Magic

Creators

  • 1. Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • 2. Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Netherlands eScience Center

Contributors

  • 1. University of Graz
  • 2. Belgrade Center for Digital Humanities
  • 3. Le Mans Université
  • 4. Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum

Description

No systematic analysis has been carried out on the nomenclature of angels in Jewish magical texts ranging in date from Late Antiquity to the modern period. Employing computational methods, we have mined a unique and substantial corpus from the Cairo Genizah, extracting from it contextualised information on angel names.

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Book: 10.5281/zenodo.7961822 (DOI)