Objeto hecho de papel, pergamino, metal u otro material al que se le atribuyen poderes protectores.
Existen varios tipos de amuletos: amuletos de nacimiento para un recién nacido y la madre; placas de pared y placas de metal. En Roma y en Jerusalén, algunos tenderos tienen “bolletini”, unos amuletos que supuestamente traen prosperidad.
Uri Shapira shows a collection of amulets and tells their stories.
Bohak, Gideon and Anne Hélène Hoog. Magie : Anges et démons dans la tradition juive. Paris: Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, 2015.
Dautović, Vuk. “Unknown Collection of Amulets from Belgrade.” El Prezente: Studies in Sephardic Culture: Magic and Folk Medicine, edited by Tamar Alexander et al., vol. 5, Be’er-Sheva: Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2011, pp. 161-86.
Davis, Eli, and David A. Frenkel. Ha-ḳameʻa Ha-ʻivri: Miḳraʼi-refuʼi-kelali: ʻim Tatslumim Ṿe-Iyurim Rabim [The Hebrew Amulet: Biblical-Medical-General]. Jerusalem: The Institute for Jewish Studies, 1995.
Magic & Superstition in the Jewish Tradition. Chicago: Spertus College of Judaica Press, 1975.
Schrire, Theodore. Hebrew Amulets: Their Decipherment and Interpretation. New York: Routledge & K. Paul, 1966.
Vukosavović, Filip, ed. Angels and Demons: Jewish Magic through the Ages. Jerusalem: Bible Lands Museum, 2010.
Wiesel, Yael and Sarah Shahak. Lots of Luck – Jewish Amulets and Ritual Objects. Ashdod: Corinne Mamane Museum of Philistine Culture, 2013.
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