Angels, Demons, Ghosts, and Monsters: A Digital Exploration of the Babylonian Talmud (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783506705518)

Vendor: Wojciech Kosior
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$129.00
$129.00
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Angels, Demons, Ghosts, and Monsters: A Digital Exploration of the Babylonian Talmud

$129.00

Angels, Demons, Ghosts, and Monsters: A Digital Exploration of the Babylonian Talmud

$129.00
Format: Hardcover
Description
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This volume introduces Elyonim veTachtonim, a novel system for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of supernatural entities. Combining close reading, cognitive theory of religion, and digital humanities, it uncovers underlying patterns in their depiction in the Babylonian Talmud. The study shows that sages portrayed themselves as angels guided by the ghosts of past generations; demons embodied social and moral disruptors; and monsters remained at the narrative margins as remnants of biblical lore. Although focused on the Talmud, the book offers a flexible analytical framework applicable to other texts and media.

Author: Wojciech Kosior
ISBN-10: 3506705512
ISBN-13: 9783506705518
Publisher: Brill Schoningh
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2026
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover
By Wojciech Kosior
By Wojciech Kosior
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Wojciech Kosior is a scholar of Jewish Studies, Religious Studies and Psychology at Jagiellonian University. His research focuses on supernatural entities in biblical and rabbinic traditions, cognitive approaches to religion, and digital humanities.

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