Indexes
Index of Quotations and Citations of Biblical, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran, and Rabbinic Texts
The entries included in the Index of Quotations and Citations cover all the chapters of the book and include their footnotes.
1 Biblical
Genesis (Gen)
5:1
181
10:23
255
15:3
233
15:5
170n28
17:5
48n7
17:18
232
17:21
232
21:12
232
24:49
109n28
26:5
228
31:34
165n12
37:5â9
165n12
41
165n12
41:14â36
133n107
44:5
165n12
45
165n12
Exodus (Exod)
7:11
247
19:1
170
20:4
278n44
20:20
277
20:23
276
33:16
120n71, 121, 129
34:6
114n43 115, 122
Leviticus (Lev)
11:1â23
329
16:8
268n14
19:14
259n157
19:31
173n38
20:4
251
20:23
273
Numbers (Num)
1:19
282n53
12:6â8
109n28, 114n47, 115, 123 and n84
32:22
222
Deuteronomy (Deut)
4:6
238, 240, 241
4:7
241
13:1â2
129
14:3â20
329
18:9
254, 268n14, 271n26, 272n28
18:9â22
165n11
18:10â11
164, 250
18:11
251, 263n7
18:12
173n38, 254
18:13
164, 254
29:28
258n155
Joshua (Josh)
21:4
162
1â¯Samuel (1â¯Sam)
6:7â14
165n12
9:21
162
19:13
165n12
20:21
249
28:6
165n12
28:8
251
2â¯Kings (2â¯Kings)
1:2
241
1:4
241
1:6
241
1:16
242
20:1
230
20:6
241n89
1â¯Chronicles (1â¯Chron)
10:13â14
165n12
Job (Job)
4:12â16
165n12
6:13
257
22:2
116n59
22:3
117
25:4
116n60, 117
27:5
258
34:9
116n59
35:3
116n59
Psalms (Ps)
16:5
175n47, 183
19:9
187
25:14
183
32:10
180
34:15
218, 223
89:53
183
91:1
109n28
104:4
136
107:33
136
116:6
219
116:13â14
32
119
167
119:15
170
119:18
167, 184
119:104
170
139
116n57, 117n62, 125
Proverbs (Prov)
8:4
120n72, 121, 130
10:2
41n89, 229, 242
11:4
41n89, 229
20:17
249
22:20
170
25:18
249
Ecclesiastes (Eccles)
9:11
36, 41n90
Isaiah (Isa)
3:1â3
165n12
5:12
238n81
19:3
165n11
19:11
248
19:12
248
20:3
129
37:16
114n38, 115, 122, 123
38:1
230
38:5
230, 241n89
40:12
136
41:2
228
44:25
249
57:3
165n11
Jeremiah (Jer)
10:2
229
31:33
259
Lamentations (Lam)
3:15
249
Ezekiel (Ezek)
1:1
109n28, 136
21:26
249
21:26â28
165n12
Daniel (Dan)
1:4
124
1:17
124 and n86
2:1
132
2:2
133, 245, 246, 247n106
2:4
255
2:5
108, 123n85, 133n108, 136
2:10
246
2:10â11
133n107
2:13
133
2:17
133, 136
2:17â19
132
2:18
123n85, 133, 136
2:19
133, 135
2:19â22
109n28
2:20
123
2:20â22
116n53, 117, 123 and n84, 132
2:21
117n61, 118n63, 123, 124, 131, 134
2:20â23
123, 136
2:23
123 and n85, 133n108, 136
2:27
246, 247n106
2:27â28
124
2:29â45
124n86
2:30
126
2:31â45
123n85
4:4
245, 246
5:5
247
5:7
247
5:11
245, 246
8:2
136
8:15
136
9:3
136
10:2â3
136
10:4
136
10:11
114n48, 115, 123
10:16
136
Amos (Amos)
3:7
183
3:8
109n28
Jonah (Jonah)
1:7
165n12
Hosea (Hosea)
7:10
162
Joel (Joel)
3:4
282n53
Micah (Micah)
2:12
158
Nahum (Nahum)
1:4
136
Revelations (Revelations)
10:10
34
2 Pseudepigrapha
1â¯Enoch
13:7â10
136
72â82
50, 69, 70
72:6
65
72:6â7a
74n103
72:6â8
74
72:25bâ7
74
73
53
73:4
86n139
73:4â8
54n30
73:5â8
86n139
73:6â7
54n30
76:13â77:4
54
78:6â8,
54
78:10
54
78:17â79:2
54
79:3â5
54
82:4
64n68
82:9â13
54
Jubilees (Jub)
12:16â17
48
15:7
48n7
3 Qumran
4Q186
47 and n4
4Q201
53n29
4Q202
53n29
4Q204â4Q212,
53n29
4Q208
46, 49â50, 52â54 and n33, 61â66 and n68 and n74, 72n101, 73â80 and n107, 84â87, 89
4Q209
46, 48â50 and n10, 52, 54 and n30 and n33, 61 and n56, 62n57, 62â64 and n68, 65 and n70, 66n73 and n74, 67, 68n77 and n78, 70â71, 72n101, 73â81 and n106, n111, n118, 84â86 and n139, 87â91, 94â95, 97 and n155, 99, 100
4Q211
70
4Q299
47 and n6
4Q318
46 and n3, 49â50, 55â60 and n47, 61, 64, 73â75, 79, 87
4Q415
47n5
4Q416
47 and n5
4Q417
47 and n5
4Q418
47n5
4Q561
47n4
4QAstronomical Enocha-b ar
(see 4Q208â209)
4QAstronomical Enochd ar
(see 4Q211)
4QBrontologion ar
(see 4Q318)
4QInstructionb c
(see 4Q416â4Q417)
4QMysteriesa
(see 4Q299)
4QPhysiognomic Horoscope
(see 4Q561)
4QZodiac Calendar
(see 4Q318)
4QZodiacal Physiognomy
(see 4Q186)
11QJubilees
(see 11Q12)
11Q12
48 and n8
4 Rabbinic
Talmud Bavli
Avodah zarah 5a
181n70
Avodah zarah 43a
277n41
Avodah zarah 43aâb
278
Bava batra 16b
227n35
Bava batra 160bâ161a
120n69
Bava kamma 82a
220n9
Bava meá¹£ia 85
181n70
Beraḵot 55aâ57b
141, 146
Beraḵot 55b
104n11, 141n5, 169n27
Beraḵot 56a
141n5, 169
Beraḵot 57b
104n11, 169n24 and n27
Beraḵot 58b
204, 257n148
Beraḵot 59a
231n49
Eruvim 52a
257n152
Eruvim 64a
257n152
Giá¹á¹in 56a
169n23
Giá¹á¹in 67b
169n22
Giá¹á¹in 81b
120n69
Ḥagigah 15a
169n23
Ḥullin 13a
172n37
Ḥullin 95aâb
169n23
Ḥullin 95b
170
Kritot 3b
254n134
Megillah 7a
170n30
Nazir 35b
250n115
Nedarim 32a
48n7, 228n39
Pesaḥim 39a
257n152
Pesaḥim 113b
173n38, 193, 206, 222n19, 255n140
Roš ha-šanah 11b
231n49 and n51
Roš ha-šanah 19b
53n27
Roš ha-šanah 24b
277n41
Å abbat 67a
273
Å abbat 75a
238â239n80â82, 240n85, 242n94, 254n138
Å abbat 116a
172n37
Å abbat 119a
234n63 and n65
Å abbat 129b
219n7, 222n20
Å abbat 156a
195n7, 225n30, 228n37, and n38, 229n41, 230n45, 232n54, 237n77
Å abbat 156b
173n38, 225n30â31, 226n32, 227n33, 228n37, 231n48, 232n52 and n53, 233n60, 234n67, 235n69 and n71, 242n91 and n92
Sanhedrin 12a
53n27
Sanhedrin 64b
251n117
Sanhedrin 65a
253n133, 254n134
Sanhedrin 65b
251n118, 252n124, n125, and n127, 253n133, 254n135, and 136
Sanhedrin 66a
252n128â129
Sanhedrin 67a
253n132
Sanhedrin 100b
172n37
Å avuot 39a
259n158
Yoma 28b
227n35
Talmud Yerushalmi
Maʿaser šeni 4:12
170n28
Å abbat 6:10
169n23
Sanhedrin 7:7
254n135
Midrash
Genesis Rabbah 24:2
181n70
Genesis Rabbah 44:12
48n7
Deuteronomy Rabbah, Niá¹£avim 117
170n30
Esther Rabbah 7:13
169n23
Lamentations Rabbah 1:52
170n28
Sanhedrin 7:7
254n135
Sifre Rabbah, Deut 171
165n12
Å ir ha-Å¡irim rabbah 7.8
229n42
Tehillim 137.3
229n42
Mishnah
Avodah zarah 3:3
282, 283n54
Ḥagigah 2:1
38n74
RoÅ¡ ha-Å¡anah 1â3
26n22
Yoma 2:1
35n63
Pesiqtaʿ rabbati
28
229n42
Targum Onkelos
Gen 31:19
250
Seder Ê¿olam rabbah
4
231n50
Sifra
Kedošim 6
252n129
Tosefta
Ḥullin 2:6
172n37
Å abbat 7,12
251n118
Sanhedrin 10:6
254n135
Baraita di-Shmuel
7
204n24
9
223n26, 237n78
Baraita de-mazzalot
12
204n24
15
223n26, 237n78
Index of Names (People, Places, and Texts)
The names and terms included in the Index of Names and the Index of Subjects cover all the chapters of the books, with the exception of their footnotes and the Introductory Essay and its footnotes.
1â¯Enoch, see Book of Enoch, Ethiopic
1â¯Enoch 72â82, see Book of the Luminaries
2â¯Enoch, see Book of Enoch, Slavonic
Abaye (the amora)
169, 227, 278, 281
Ê¿Abd al-GhanÄ« al-NÄbulusÄ«
157
Ablat (the astrologer)
235, 242
Abraham (the patriarch)
174, 195, 227, 231â233, 314
Abraham bar Ḥiyya
192â207, 217, 222, 236, 257â258
Abraham ben Eliezer ha-Levi
175
Abraham ibn Ezra
144, 182, 185, 279
Abraham of Posquières
279, 284
AbÅ« Ê¿AlÄ« ibn al-Ḥassan al-HÄtim
270
Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Ibrahīm
317
AbÅ« Bakr ibn MujÄhid
317
Abū Bakr Maḥmūd ibn Bashīr
317
AbÅ« Bakr Muḥammad ibn ZakariyyÄ al-RÄzÄ«
299
AbÅ« âl-ḤakÄ«m(?) Abdul-RaḥmÄn ibn AbdullÄh(?)
317
Abū Maʿshar
269
AbÅ« Muḥammad Ê¿AbdullÄh ibn Qutaybah al-DÄ«nawarÄ«
157
AbÅ« Sahl ʿĪsÄ al-JurjÄnÄ«
146
AbÅ« ṬÄhir ibn GhannÄm
157â158
Abyssinians
153
Adam
181, 315
Ahaziah (son of Ahab, king of Judea)
241
Aldabi, see Meir ben Isaac Aldabi of Toledo
Alexander (Aristotleâs student)
300
Alexander Nequam
302
Alexandria
32
Almagest
82
Almandal of Solomon
313
Almoli, see Solomon Almoli
Amka
154
Amorite, ways of the
273, 275
Anatolia
36
Apollo
33, 41
Apollonius
312
Ê¿Äraba
155
ʾAram
255
Arameans
255
Aramaic âAstronomical Bookâ
70, 73
ʾArbaʿah turim
179
Aristotle
274, 275, 300
Aristotelian/non-
262, 271, 273â275, 290
Pseudo Aristotle
290
Armenians
155
Artaxerxes I
58
Artemidorus Daldianus
141, 156
Aryeh Levin
162, 188
Asaph the Physician
31
Asclepius
31
Ashkenaz
304
Ashkenazi
105, 143, 181
Ashkenazic Pietists, see Ḥasidei Askenaz
Asia Minor
156
Assyrian Dream Book
140
Auctoris incerti de physiognomonia libellus
289
Azulai, see Ḥayyim Joseph David Azulai
Baʿal Shem Tov
187
Baalbek
155
Baʿalei tosafot
105
Baalzebub (god of Ekron)
241
Babylon
249, 250, 255
Babylonia
102, 105
Babylonian
27, 51â53, 58, 60, 70â71, 74, 76, 81â88, 269â270, 292
Babylonian Talmud
141, 157, 169, 206
Balaam
174
Banias
155
Bar Barzillai, see Judah bar Barzillai ha-Bargeloni
Bar Ḥadya
169
Bar Qappara
239
Baraita di-Shmuel
206
Baraitot
204, 237
Barcelona, Jewish community of-
192â194, 198â199
Bartholomeus Anglicus
302
Bartolomeo Della Rocca Cocles
290, 297â298
BaysÄn
154
Ben Adret, see Solomon ben Adret
Ben Qurra, see ThÄbit ben Qurra al-ḤarrÄnÄ«
Berbers
155
Bible (as a tool for divination)
161â163, 169, 174, 177, 184â186, 188
Birḵat ha-mapil
109
Birḵei Yosef
185
al-Biá¹rÄ«q, see YaḥyÄ ibn al-Biá¹rÄ«q
Book of Armagh
330
Book of Daniel
102, 123, 132, 134, 136â137, 143, 245â246
Book of Enoch
Ethiopic- (= 1â¯Enoch)
50, 53â54, 65, 69â75, 86â87, 136
Slavonic- (= 2â¯Enoch)
69
Book of Generation
322
Book of Instruction by Raziel (Liber institutionis)
312â313
Book of Job
124
Book of Jubilees, see Scroll 11Q12
Book of the Luminaries (1â¯Enoch 72â82)
54, 62, 67, 69â71, 75, 87
Book of Muḥammad
312â314, 317, 327
Book of Nabatean Agriculture
262, 269, 270
Book of Raziel, see Liber Razielis
Book of Twitches
30, 31
al-BukhÄʾrÄ«, see Muḥammad ibn IsmaÊ¿il al-JuÊ¿fi al-BukhÄʾrÄ«
Bustanai (son of David, the Patriarch)
30
Byzantines
155
Byzantine
49, 61, 143
Cadmug Gospels
330
Cairene, Jewish community
110, 134
Cairo, see Fusá¹Äá¹ (Old Cairo)
Cairo Genizah
22, 24â25, 28â30, 32, 36, 40, 101â102, 106â112, 122, 124â125, 127â129, 132, 134, 137, 140, 145â146, 157â158, 174, 294
Cambridge University Library
112
Canaan
165
Caro, see Joseph Caro
Castro, see Jacob Castro
Chaldean
355
= any form of magic and qesem forbidden in Scripture
254â255
meaning of-
193
-method
234
Chaldeans
225â227, 234â236, 242, 255
answer of-
224â226
ask-
225
consult- / consulting-
197, 200, 209, 217, 222â226, 254â256
consultation of-
193â194, 203, 209, 222â224, 206
deeds of the-
223
discipline of-
228
fear/be afraid of their answers/words
225
false prophets
255
-go further into the details than astrology does
234
-know how to change the future
234
listen to their answers/advice
225
occupation of-
227
science of-
233
Chester Beatty collection
141
Christianity
28, 104
Chyromantie ac physionomie Anastasis
290, 298
Cocles, see Bartolomeo Della Rocca Cocles
Codex Sinaiticus
34
Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates
272, 273
Commentary on the Sefer yeá¹£irah
-by Judah bar Barzillai
202, 204, 206
-by Saadia Gaon
204, 250
Commentary to the Mishnah
262, 267, 282â285
Constantinople
113, 144, 330
Contemplation of Mankinde
297
Copts
155
Cracow
180, 291
Damascus
155
Daniel (the Prophet)
123â124, 132â136, 164, 245â247
Danielâs Prayer
124, 132
David (King Solomonâs father), see King David
David ibn Bilia
271
De natura rerum
302
De naturis rerum
302
De proprietatibus rerum
302
Dead Sea scrolls
26, 47â49, 56, 70, 169
Derbend
155
Egypt
23, 44, 102, 105, 153, 247â248, 285
Egyptians
34, 248
Ekron
241
Eleazar of Worms
178
Elijah ben Solomon of Smyrna (Elijah ha-Cohen = Elijah of Smyrna)
186â187
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, see Elijah of Vilna
Elijah ha-Kohen, see Elijah ben Solomon of Smyrna
Elijah of Vilna (= Vilna Gaon = Gaon of Vilna = Elijah ben Solomon Zalman)
161â163, 185â189
Elul
26, 56, 58
Enan the Demon
299
Enoch
54, 62, 70, 314
Enūma Anu Enlil
64
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
270
Erfurt
291
Essenes
169
Ethiopians
153
Ethiopic âAstronomical Bookâ
50, 74
Flavius Josephus
168
Frank, see Tzvi Pesaḥ Frank
Franks
155
Fusá¹Äá¹ (Old Cairo)
106, 111â112, 124
Galen
272
Galenic-
medical theory
290
Gaon of Vilna, see Elijah of Vilna
Gaon Rabbi Elijah, see Elijah of Vilna
Gehuá¹£á¹ariʾel
121, 130â132
Gerard of Cremona
299
Gershom ben Solomon of Arles
302â303
Geter
255
Goralot Aḥitofel
32
Goralot ʾurim ve-tummim
29, 31, 35, 43, 184
Gospel of the Calf (Luke)
323
Gospel of the Lion (Mark)
322
Gospel of the Lots of Mary
23, 34, 28
Gospels
314, 322
GR''A, see Elijah of Vilna
Guide of the Perplexed
262â264, 268, 271, 273, 275, 279, 281
Ḥai ben Sherira Gaon
140, 143â144, 146, 156â158, 173â174
Ḥai Gaon, see Ḥai ben Sherira Gaon
Hakarat panim le-Rabbi Yishmaʿel
293
Ḥalfon ben Manasseh
30
Hamuli
330â331
al-Ḥarizi, see Judah al-Ḥarizi
Harran
261â262
Ḥasidei Ashkenaz
105, 178, 295
Hasidism
187â188
Ḥayyim Joseph David Azulai
185â187
Ḥayyim šaʿal
186
Ḥayyim Vital
176
Hebron
154
Hekhalot
110, 174, 293â295
Hekhalot rabbati
38
Hermes
33, 41, 312, 314
Hezekiah (king of Judea), see King Hezekiah
Hiddekel (river)
136
Hill, see Thomas Hill
Hipparchus
82â83
Hippocrates
31
House of Light
293
Ḥul
255
Iberian Peninsula
250
Ê¿Iblin
155
Ibn Ê¿AbdÅ«llah, see JÄbir ibn Ê¿AbdÅ«llah
Ibn Bilia, see David ibn Bilia
Ibn Ezra
(see Abraham ibn Ezra)
(see Moshe ibn Ezra)
Ibn Sīrīn, see Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn
Ibn Waḥshiyya
262, 269â270
Ibn Zabara, see Joseph ben Meir ibn Zabara of Barcelona
Ibn Zarza, see Samuel ibn Zarza
Ifriqiya
105
India
31
Indians
155
Iraq
155, 157
Isaac (Abrahamâs son)
174, 232
Isaac ben Samuel of Acre
175
Isaac Luria
176, 185, 296
Isaac Polgar
196
Isaiah (the prophet)
230, 314
Ishmael (Abrahamâs son)
232
Ishmaelites
32
Israel
26â27, 30, 33, 106, 115, 122, 129, 162, 195, 222â224, 229â233, 236â243, 259, 293, 314
behavior and merit of-
230
great dignity of-
240
-has / does not have a star
227â232
knowledge distinctive of-
240
-nullifies the stellar decree / the testimony of the stars
210, 230, 240â242
-can nullify stellar decrees
195, 229â230
-obliged to calculate tequfot and mazzalot
238
righteousness of-
240, 242
specific wisdom of-
195
status vis-Ã -vis the influence of the stars / the stellar influence
195, 231, 248
strength and merits of-
229
wisdom of-
123
Isserles, see Moses Isserles
Italy
72, 143
JÄbir ibn Ê¿AbdÅ«llah
127
Jacob (son of Isaac)
174
Jacob Castro
180
Jacob of Marvège
174
Jawr
154
Jericho
154
Jerusalem
89, 93, 154, 162
Jesus (son of Mary)
314, 317
JifÄr
153
Joḥanan, see Rabbi Joḥanan
Jordan
154
Joseph (son of Jacob)
141, 164, 314
Joseph ben Meir ibn Zabara of Barcelona
298
Joseph Caro
176, 179â180
Joseph-who-honors-Shabbats
234
Joshua (son of Nun)
314
Judah (son of Jacob)
165
Judah al-Ḥarizi
301
Judah bar Barzillai ha-Bargeloni
192â207, 218, 257
Judah ha-Levi
279
Judaism, legal frame of-
196
Kairouan
Grand Mosque
330
Kalendrier des bergiers
291
Karaite
157
Kasr
155
Kedar
249
Kimah
231
King David
170, 314, 330
King Hezekiah
230, 241
King Solomon
30, 155, 300â301, 311â314, 322
Kislev
56, 89â90, 99â100
KitÄb al-ManṣūrÄ« (KitÄb al-ManṣūrÄ« fÄ« ʼl-á¹ibb)
299, 303
KitÄb sirr al-Ê¿asrÄr
301
Lamed-Heh Convoy
161â162
Letter of Aristeas
31
Letter on Astrology (Maimonides)
285
Letter to Judah bar Barzillai
192, 194, 198, 217â259
Levin, see Aryeh Levin
Liber almansoris (= Liber medicinalis almansoris)
299, 305
Liber Institutionis, see Book of Instrution by Raziel
Liber physonomie
288
Liber Razielis
326
Lithuania
161, 187
Lithuanian
rabbinic elite-
188
Jewish culture
161
Lot (son of Haran)
314
Luria, see Isaac Luria
Macedonia
31
macedonian
31
Magister Speculi
312â313, 317
Maimonides
178â179, 186, 196, 261â265, 328
al-MÄʾmÅ«n, see Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-MÄʾmÅ«n
Mappah
179
Margoliot, see Meir Margoliot
Mari
102
Maš
255
Mefašer ḥelmin
144
Meir ben Isaac Aldabi of Toledo
303â305
Meir Margoliot
187
Meiri, see Menaḥem ben Solomon Meiri
Menaḥem ben Solomon Meiri
277
Menasseh ben Israel
158
Merkavah
38
-circle
294
-mystic
293
Meton of Athens
51
Michael Scotus
288
Mishnah
26, 31, 283
Mishneh Torah
262, 276, 279, 283â285
Moses (the prophet)
115, 123, 165, 296, 314, 318
-father of physiognomy
296
Moses ibn Ezra
279
Moses Isserles
180
Mount of Galilee
155
Moses of Leon
300
Mount Sinai
318, 330
MS British Library Or. 5563 G.22
146
MS Cambridge University Library Add. 1224.4
143
MS Cambridge University Library Add. 667.1
143
MS Cambridge University Library Or. 557
143
MS Cambridge University Library TS Ar. 11.17
146
MS Cambridge University Library TS Ar. 31.107
147
MS Cambridge University Library TS Ar. 43.232
147
MS Cambridge University Library TS Ar. 43.95
146
MS Cambridge University Library TS Ar. 43.99
147
MS Cambridge University Library TS Ar. 51.41
147
MS Cambridge University Library TS AS 143.325
122â123, 126, 130
MS Cambridge University Library TS AS 172.181
147
MS Cambridge University Library TS K 1.111
102, 112, 122â123, 125, 128, 131â133, 137
MS Cambridge University Library TS K 1.131
32
MS Cambridge University Library TS Misc. 6.156
147
MS Cambridge University Library TS Misc. 8.75
147
MS Cambridge University Library TS NS 322.39
147
MS Florence, Biblioteca nazionale II. iii. 214
314
MS Frankfurt Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek heb. oct. 35
143, 148
MS London, Montefiore Library 484
192, 197â199, 202, 217
MS Lucca, Biblioteca Capitolare 490
328
MS Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek CLM 849
128, 131
MS Warsaw, Zydowski Instytut Historyczny 240
143
MS Warsaw Zydowski Instytut Historyczny 282
192, 197â198, 202, 217
Muḥammad (the prophet)
313â315, 317
Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-MÄʾmÅ«n
317
Muḥammad ibn IsmaÊ¿il al-JuÊ¿fi al-BukhÄrÄ«
127
Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn
145
MUL.APIN
57, 69â70, 72
Naḥman ben Isaac
225, 234â235
Naḥmanides
181, 185
National Library of Israel
143
Nawa
155
Nebuchadnezzar
123â124, 132â133, 135â136, 245â246, 255
Nehardea
204, 257
New-Moon (festival)
25â26
Nisan
25, 56, 60â61, 80, 85â87, 91â93, 96â98
Nisannu
80
Nissim Girondi
278, 281
Noah (son of Lamekh)
30â31, 314
Oneirokritika
141
Oriens (a spirit or angelic creature)
131â132, 324
Palestine
26, 29, 105, 153
Palmyra
155
Paris
291
Pehuá¹£aá¹ariʾal
121, 130â132
Pentateuch
181â182, 184â186, 188
Persians
155
Pharaoh
247â248
Picatrix
270
Pitron ḥalomot
143â144, 148, 151
Plato
299, 303, 306â310
Polgar, see Isaac Polgar
Portugal
271
Pseudo-Ḥai
143â144, 156â157
Ptolemy
31, 82â83
Pumbedita
157
Qeriʾat shemaÊ¿ Ê¿al-ha-miá¹ah
109
Qumran
24, 27, 46, 48, 50, 52â53, 60â61, 71â72, 84, 88â91, 93â94, 96, 168, 292â293, 295
Qumranites
293, 297
Rabbi Akiva
225, 230â231, 235, 242, 251â252
Rabbi Ashe
226
Rabbi Ḥanina
230
Rabbi Joḥanan
169, 229, 230
Rabbi Judah (Babylonian Talmud)
230
Rabbi Naḥman, see Naḥman ben Isaac
Rabbi Shimon
301
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi
226â227
Ragshiel (Master of dreams)
175
Rav
170, 230, 233
Rava
169, 226â227
Rayy
299
Raza de-Razin
300
Reductorium phisonomie
286
Responsa
of the Geonim
295
of Ḥayyim Joseph David Azulai
186
Rhazes, see AbÅ« Bakr Muḥammad ibn ZakariyyÄ al-RÄzÄ«
RÄ«f
153
Rolandus Scriptoris of Lisbon
287
Saadiah ben Yosef Gaon
204, 250
Saadia Gaon, see Saadia ben Yosef Gaon
Šaʿar ha-šamayim
302â303
Sabbath
318
Sabianism
285
Sabians
262, 270
Safed
296
á¹¢aḥib al-Å¡urá¹a
198, 218
á¹¢aḥīḥ al-BukhÄrÄ«
127
salÄt al-istiḵÄra
127
Salonika
142
Samuel (the amora)
170, 177, 204, 219, 222, 224, 230, 235, 237, 242
Samuel ben Ḥofni Gaon
144
Samuel ibn Zarza
270â271
Sanhedrin
26
Satan
325
Saturn
202, 211, 218â220, 237, 269, 282
Sayings of the Fathers
31
Schedula diversarum artium
328
Scroll 4QAstronomical Enocha ar, see scroll 4Q208
Scroll 4QAstronomical Enochb ar, see scroll 4Q209
Scroll 4QAstronomical Enochd ar, see scroll 4Q211
Scroll 4QBrontologion ar, see scroll 4Q318
Scroll 4QZodiac Calendar, see scroll 4Q318
Scroll 4QZodiacal Physiognomy, see scroll 4Q186
Scroll 11QJubilees, see scroll 11Q12
Scroll 4Q186
47
Scroll 4Q208
46, 48â50, 52â54, 61â66, 73â74, 76â80, 84â87, 89
Scroll 4Q209
46, 48â50, 52â54, 61â67, 70, 73â77, 79â81, 84â91, 94â95, 98â99
Scroll 4Q211
70
Scroll 4Q318
26, 46, 49â50, 55, 57â59, 60â61, 65â65, 70â71, 73â74, 79, 87
Scroll 11Q12
48
Second Temple
-astrology
48
-divination
134, 137
-physiognomy
292
-Judaism
48, 50
-period
32, 134, 137, 185, 292
Secretum secretorum
30, 302â305
Šeʾelot u-tešuvot min ha-šamayyim
179
Sefarad
194, 207
Sefer Almansur
300
Sefer ha-Ê¿ittim
198
Sefer ha-mešiv
175
Sefer ha-razim
29, 126, 134â137
Sefer ha-refuʾot shel ʾAsaf ha-rofe
31
Sefer Raziel
206
Sefer šaʿašuʿim (Book of Delights)
298
Sefer ševilei ʾemunah (Paths of Faith)
303â305
Sefer ʾurim ve-tummim
38
Septuagint
31
Å eveá¹ musar
185â186
Shem (son of Noah)
30â31
Shem Tov Ben Isaac
300, 303
Shepherd of Hermas
34
Šimušei sarim
182
Slavonic Enoch (= 2â¯Enoch), see Book of Enoch, Slavonic
Soddei razayyaʾ
178
Sodom
314
Solomon (King), see King Solomon
Solomon (son of David), see King Solomon
Solomonic
326â327
Solomon Almoli
142, 144, 156
Solomon ben Adret
271
Somniale Danielis
143
Sortes Astrampsychi
28
Sortes Sanctorum
28
Šošan soddot
181
Spain
270, 285, 326
Speculum astronomiae
312, 321
Speculum maius
302
St. Catherineâs (monastery)
330
St. Cuthbert Gospel
330
St. Michael in the Desert (monastery)
330
Stowe Missal
330
Sudanese
153
Šulḥan ʾarukh
176, 179â180, 185â186
Sumer
255
suranim
255
Talmud 21, 44, 142 and 203 (Babylonian),
143, 163, 173, 177, 206, 279
Babylonian-
141, 157, 169
talmudic (either Babylonian or Palestinian or both)
42, 172, 204â205, 207, 281, 304
talmudic (Babylonian)
146, 170, 177, 202, 207
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
102, 112
Tefilat ha-Ê¿amidah
109
Teli
283
as the northern or the southern lunar nodes
202, 282
Temple
33, 183, 306
Tetragrammaton
130, 182, 324
Tevet
56, 74, 80â81, 86, 88â90, 93â98
ThÄbit ben Qurra al-ḤarrÄnÄ«
270
The Fifteen Names
314, 327
The Four Rings of Solomon
321, 327
The Seven Names from the Book of Muhammad
312, 317, 327
Theophilus Presbyter
328
Thomas Hill
297â298
Thomas of Cantimpré
302
Tiberias
32, 154
Tishri
26, 56
Torah
31â32, 164, 167, 187â190, 223â224, 229, 238, 250, 255, 259, 278â279, 295, 328
oral-
31
- for divination / foretelling / prognostication / revelation
121, 129, 161â164, 167, 170, 178â180, 183â190
take counsel from-
185â186, 188
Tzvi Pesaḥ Frank
162
ʾUlay (river)
136
Uriel (archangel)
54
ʾUrim ve-Tummim
187
Ê¿Uá¹£
255
Vilna Gaon, see Elijah of Vilna
Vincent of Beauvais
302
Vital, see Ḥayyim Vital
Wisdom of the Chaldeans
206
Xerxes
58
YaḥyÄ ibn al-Biá¹rÄ«q
301
Yemen
143
yemenites
143, 182
Zohar
commentators / sages
296
corpus
294, 297, 300
Index of Subjects
abstention
preparatory-
44
act (v.)
-(stars)
229, 230
-(stars) of their own free will and knowingly /knowingly and of their own free will
223, 238, 243
act (n.) / action
-derived from form
272
-of divination / divinatory-
21, 107, 183
-with fear of Heaven
256
-not firmly rooted in experience
275
-in the future
294
human-
43, 264
idolatrous-
267
magic- / magical-
107, 253, 266, 274
-of the magician
266
-of magnetic forces
271
-of medicinal herbs
272
-performing- three times
23
physical-
42
of the physiognomic sign
286
primary- of the remedy
272
-of the remedy through its form
272
remedyâs- through its matter
272
ritual-
23, 44, 102, 133
secondary- of the remedy
272
-of the segullot
272, 274â275
-of social significance
23
-of šoʾel ʾov
251
a suitable time for-
266
-of talismans
269
-through its being a substance
272
-through its forma specifica
272
written-
23
activity
magic-
270
adjuration
108â109
-of the angels
108
-formula
136
amulet
34, 106, 279, 283â285
forbidden-
285
angel
101, 107â108, 112, 119, 129â130, 132, 134, 178, 277, 281, 314, 316, 318, 321, 326â327
archangel (chief-angel)
54, 131
-ruling the planet
206, 313
-of the triplicity
320
-of the weekday
321
angelic
-creature
131â132
-figure
136
-knowledge
53
-master of dreams
175
answer
Chaldeanâs-
224â226
lot-
28â30, 35â43
oneiric-
102, 109, 111, 123, 129, 133, 158, 189
prophetic- (= oneiric)
173â175
apparition
human-like-
136
non human-like-
111
art / craft
196, 245â246, 249, 252
-of astrology
227, 237â238
demonstrative-
286
divinatory- /-of divination
253â254, 286â287, 290â291, 297
magical-
324
mantic-
287
non-stellar-
195
physiognomic-
295, 297
whose practice is forbidden-
254
prognostic-
286â287, 304
ascendant
71, 209, 221, 265, 267, 293, 316
ʾašfayyaʾ/ʾaššafim / ašfin
245â247, 254
aspect
astrological-
204â205
astragalos / astragaloi
36, 41
astrolabe
200
astrologer
-cannot change the future
234â235
-can forecast Godâs decree
248
-not able to indicate the place of death
235
-cannot prognosticate specific details
234â235
-can understand the special status of Israel vis-Ã -vis the stars
248
astrology
46, 48, 166, 176, 178, 209, 211, 223, 274â275, 279â280, 287, 289â291, 294, 299
Abraham practiced-
48, 195, 227â228, 232
ambiguous position of-
196
apology / defend- / defense of-
194â195, 203, 222
-as art / craft, see art / craft, astrology
Arabic-
204â205
Babylonian astronomy-astrology
81
believe in-
194, 206
beyond the reach of-
196
-is calculation of mazzalot
239â240
conservative Jewish-
204
-is not consultation of Chaldeans / the Chaldean science
223
decree of-
209, 211
definition of-
236
detractor of/opponent of-
199, 206
electional-
192â193, 202, 205â206, 221
engage (v.) in-
227, 238
excel in-
195
Hellenistic horoscopic-
71
Hellenistic weather-
50
historical-
194
horary-
203, 221
-increases the fear of Heaven / -knowledge of God
249
-does not infringe the law / -is legitimate / licit
194â195, 203, 224, 228, 232
legitimate (the status of-) / legitimacy
194, 199, 224
-makes visible Godâs miracles and powers
249
Mesopotamian-
91
practice of- / study and practice of-
194â196, 233
practice (v.)-
227, 238, 242
Qumran-
26, 46â47, 49
rabbinic-
226â227
required to practice- / calculate / engage /rely / learn
195, 238, 242, 243
Talmudic-
205
-is a true / true and reliable science / veracity of-
228, 232â233
validity of-
195
astronomy
-is calculation of tequfot
239, 242
definition of-
209, 211, 236
-is the highest of the sciences of the stars;
236
attitude
-of mind (of the user)
122
attribute
divine-
113, 122, 126, 303
attributing
-old prophecies to current situations
169
augur
164, 252â253
augury
163, 172
authority
halakhic-
198, 207
practitionerâs-
23
religious-
21, 193, 201
auto-induce
(-a dream)
102
avatar
prophetic-
173
ban (n.)
-about consulting Chaldeans
206, 223â226, 256
-on making figures
284
-on philosophy
271
barrier
-between the divine and the human
43
-between the diviner and the answer
42
beech
330
behavior
ascetic-
136
ritual-
137
being
-numinous
102
bibliomancy
161â163, 166â167, 170â171, 177â180, 188â189, 191
binary-system (yes-or-no answers)
111
blood
-of a dove
319
bloodletting
148, 150â154, 219â220, 222, 226
body
clean-
318, 320
heavenly-
48, 283â284
bone
36, 254, 331
bookmaking
327
born
-under (a planet)
203, 226â227, 237
bring/draw down
-spiritual forces /-spiritual powers of the stars
267, 271
-spirituality
266â270, 280
bronze
316
white-
325, 331
burn / burning
-candles
161
-of incense
244, 264, 319
calculate tequfot and mazzalot (see tequfot and mazzalot)
calculation
28, 57, 98, 219, 268
-of the ascendant
267
calendrical-
77, 239
-of the positions of the planets (except for the sun) (= calculation of mazzalot)
239
-of the positions of the stars (not a science specific to Israel)
239â240, 242
-of the position of the sun (= calculation of tequfot)
239
calendar
354-day lunar-
51, 65
360-day (zodiac)-
57, 59
364-day (solar)-
56, 65, 75
365-day ideal-
55, 60, 79â80
administrative-
57
Aramaic-
46, 48â50, 53, 55, 69, 84, 87
Aramaic synchronistic-
74, 86
Babylonian-
52, 58
Babylonian- computation
74
Babylonian standard-
51
-based astrological ephemeris
48
formulaic-
55
Hebrew-
58, 74, 76, 80, 85â86, 88â91, 93â97, 99, 239
ideal-
49, 85â86
ideal Babylonian-
58
ideal zodiac-
89
Islamic lunar-
59
Julian-
89â90, 93â94
lunar-
77, 80
luni-solar-
57, 88
luni-solar Mesopotamian civil or cultic-
57
luni-solar stellar ideal-
85
perpetual Aramaic-
88
present-day Hebrew-
52, 58, 76, 88, 96â97
rabbinical reforms of-
58
real lunar
57
schematic-
57, 84, 93
schematic zodiac-
61
solar-
80
synchronistic- / synchronized-
49, 61â66, 73, 79, 85
zodiac-
59
camphor
321
candaria
313
cardines
-of the horoscope (angles of the horoscope)
204â205, 265
-of the world
313
carta
(written on)
320â321, 324
cartouche
magical-
130
cast / casting
-dice
28
-of fingers
35
-lots
28, 172, 179, 181â184
-spells
164, 245
-stones
249â250, 256
catalogue
-of magical and divinatory practices
194â195
causality
Aristotelian-
271
physical-
274
cause / causing
-spirits to descend
269
cedar
329â330
-of Lebanon
325â326
ceremony
24, 26, 162, 221, 327
character (manâs)
35, 291â295
decipher-
295
natural-
287, 290
-traits
295
character (writing)
312â313
charity (see also righteousness)
41
charm (n)
23
charm (v)
254
chemise (of a book)
330
cherub
115, 182
chiromancy
294â295, 297â298
choice of / choose
-animal
329
-the hour
192â193, 197, 200, 202, 218â224, 251â252, 256, 316
-materials
328
-a question from a list
29â30
-wood
329
circle
esoteric-
292, 302
mystical-
292
mystical Jewish-
295, 298â299
clay
277
unbaked potterâs- (written on)
319
client
22â24, 29, 31, 34â44, 316, 320â321
illiterate or lay-
35
private-
34
clothing
318â323
clean-
318, 320
codicology
313
complexion.
308
natural-
290
condemn / condemnation /condemnatory
166, 196, 206, 264, 291
conditioning
psychological-
112
configuration
astral-
266â267, 270, 276
conjunction (of the sun and moon)
64, 66, 70, 76, 86, 92
conjuration
-of angels
107
constellation
178, 209, 229, 231, 244, 277, 280, 282
-of the stars at oneâs birth
293
zodiac-
82â83
consult
-astrologers
176, 180
-Baalzebub
241
-a book
42, 170, 177
- Chaldeans
197, 200, 209, 217, 222â227, 233, 254â255
-a diviner
23
-an egg
250
-an expert
42
-a ferry boat
170
-ghosts or familiar spirits
164
-other gods
241
-lots (goralot)
176, 186
-meḵašfim
255
-meʿonnim
255
-nails
250
-an oracle
32, 38
-a ʾov
254
-qosemim
254
-a shoulder-blade
250
-soothsayers
180
-terafim (= qesem)
249â250, 256
-Torah
185
-ʾurim and tummim
183
-a yiddeʿoni
254
consultation of
-Baalzebub
241
-biblical books (Torah)
182, 188, 190
-books of divination
34, 168
- Chaldeans
193â194, 203, 209, 222, 224, 226
Hasidic systems of-
188
-an oracle
32, 42
-ʾurim and tummim
164
contaminate
42, 267
control (v.)
27, 175, 183, 220, 230, 231
controversy
187, 192â193, 199, 201â202
conversation / conversational
35, 39, 43
conversion
-of foreign mantic practices
189
convey (hidden knowledge)
102
cord
329
umbilical-
289
-woven by a virgin
324
correspondence (between sign and meaning)
141
costus
318
court
26, 133, 135
Hasidic-
188
credence
173, 179
crescent
first- (= first lunar crescent)
51, 63, 68, 76, 80, 85â87, 92â93, 96
criticism
196
crown / mitre
323, 325
-of Solomon
322
cult
271
-of effigies and images
269
idolatrous-
262
-of images
261
custom
-of their ancestors
267
impious-
243
Jewish-
165
mantic-
168
-of the nation
273
customer
24
cycle
luni-solar-
48
Metonic-
51, 76, 85, 88, 89, 96â98
nineteen-year-
50â53, 57â58, 60â61, 79â80, 84â89, 91, 94, 96â97
-of the stars
242â243
-of the sun
239
cypress
325â326
data
astrological- (horoscopic)
58, 193, 197, 200, 205
brontological-
26
calendrical / astronomical-
62â63, 65, 71, 74, 76, 77, 81, 84â86, 88â89, 91, 93â94, 97
debate
191, 291
(over philosophy)
271
decan
88, 90
decipher
170, 287, 295
decision-making
162, 188â189, 201
decree
astrological-
209, 242â243, 248, 258
divine / Godâs-
238, 248
-of the evil
219
favorable / unfavorable-
240â242
-of heaven
41
modify (God the stellar)-
210, 238
nullify the stellar-
210, 229â230, 240, 242
-of the stars permanent and without condition
238, 246
stellar-
195, 211, 230â231, 241â242, 248â249
deity
43
demon
101, 269, 271, 299, 313â314, 316â317
diagnose
295
dignity (astrological)
316
discourse
-of questions and answers
35
dispute (n.)
68, 199, 282, 308
divert (God)
-the influence of the star
240
divination
astral-
46, 48
-by Biblical verses displayed, heard, recited
29, 39, 121, 129â130, 158, 162â163, 169â170, 173â176, 178, 180, 182, 185, 189
collective Jewish-
27
esoteric techniques of-
298
-event
22â25, 33, 42â45
forms of-
163â165, 171â172, 188â190, 250, 287
Greco-Roman-
21â24, 28, 61, 170â171, 286â287, 290â291, 297, 304
-inseparable from statecraft
28
Jewish-
21â22, 24â25, 102
ancient Jewish-
21â22, 24
Jewish oneiric-
101â113
lamp-
103
lot-
180
means of-
161, 167, 172â173, 180, 189â190
-by means of Biblical verses recited
169, 173, 178, 180
-by means of physical features
387
methods of-
163, 166, 168, 172
nocturnal-
135
oneiric-
101, 104
-by random numerical selection
28
social dynamics of-
28
sought / unsought-
170
-spell
33â34
private-
34
privatized-
28, 103
prohibited idolatrous-
166, 195â196, 243â245, 249â254
-by the Torah
161â163, 167â170, 173â182 (see also Pentateuchal lottery)
-through the chance hearing of given verses
169
trance-
43
diviner
21, 23â24, 28, 35, 39, 42â44, 129, 135, 164, 169, 175, 183â184, 188, 254
expert-
35
literate-
34
pious-
188
divine / foretell / predict / know / report / determine (the future)
102, 162, 166, 169, 178â179, 188, 234, 246, 252, 266, 286â287, 290â291, 294â295
doctrine
-of the Two Spirits
27
doctrine/practice
Hermetic / magic / occult-
22, 107, 113, 195â196, 261, 263, 264â266, 268â271, 273, 275, 283, 297, 311, 322, 324
dodekatemoria (Kalendartexte)
60â61
dominate (a planet a horoscope/nativity)
209, 223 (see also rule -a planet)
doreš ʾel ha-metim (a form of qesem)
250, 254
dragon
283
drawing of a-
282
drama
social-
23
draw/ drawing down, see bring
dream
-behavior
101
divinatory-
102
elusive nature of-
111
epiphany-
102
-incubation
103
-interpretation
23, 140, 142â145, 156, 173
-omina
143
prophetic-
104, 173â174
ritual-
107â108, 111
-symbols
140â141, 144
-visions
140â141
dream-request
101â113, 123, 173â176, 189
Islamic and/or Christian-
103â104, 113, 126â128
non-Jewish-
107, 111, 113, 127â128, 131â132, 137
dream symbol
-codification
140
dualism
good/evil, Jewish/non-Jewish, and pure/impure-
111
duration
-of manâs life
294
ecliptic
71â72, 82â83, 209, 236â237
effectiveness
23, 39
-of the healers and practitioners
24
efficacy
168, 183, 271â273, 275â276, 295
-of magic
279
-of ritual (based on writing)
33
effigy
270
election
-of the day
222
-of the hour
197, 200, 202â203, 206, 256
electiones
218â219, 221
element
fifth-
281
empire
Christian-
27
enchantment
173
encounter (n.)
face-to-face-
37
interpersonal dimension-
42
ritual-
22
-with diviners
21, 35, 42
-with a numinous being /divine being / non-human entity
102, 107, 111
encyclopedia
286, 291, 302â303
medical-
298â300
engraved
-human figures
279, 281, 283, 284
enterprise
esoteric-
44
entity
divine / non-human-
102, 107, 111, 129â130, 134
supernatural-
43
ephemeris
astrological-
48
zodiac-
49, 55â79
equator
celestial-
82, 209, 236
equinox / equinoxes
50, 72, 81, 83, 88
autumnal-
82, 84
precession of-
82â83
spring- / vernal-
65, 74, 80, 82â87, 91â93, 96â97
eutuntam
-of Solomon
322
event
divinatory-
22, 24, 42â44
exorcism
320â321, 323
experience
237, 251, 271â272, 274â275
-as experimentum
272
oneiric-
101, 104, 111
experimenta
272
expert
42, 106, 133, 178, 189, 201, 248â249
ritual-
44
expertise
lateral-
43
magical-
44
practitionerâs-
23
to test-
133
vertical-
43
fast / fasting
23, 173, 315, 319â320
fasten / fastening
330â331
fate
26â27, 40, 175, 183, 293
figure
angelic / heavenly / supernal-
136, 281, 283â285
astrological-
283
astronomical-
278
-in bas-relief or painted
277
-of a constellation
280, 282
-of a dragon
282â283
drawing of-
325
-of the four faces together
278
-of Godâs serving ministers
278
-of gold and/or silver
276, 282, 283
-of heavenly bodies
283â284
-in high relief
277â279, 281
human- / -of a human being
136, 277â278, 281, 283â284
make / making of-
276â278, 280â281, 283â284
-of the ministers in the higher firmament / in the lowest firmament / in the lower firmament
278, 281
-of the moon teli
282, 283
non-supernal-
281
ornamental-
277â278, 280â281, 283, 284
-of quadrupeds and of other animals
277
-of Saturn
282
-of stars
278, 282
-of the sun, moon, stars, constellations, or angels
277, 280, 282â283, 284
-of trees and plants
277
-of Venus
282
firmament
higher-
278, 281
lower / lowest-
278, 281
flood
231
folium
gold-
316
force
bring down-
280
magnetic-
271
spiritual-
271
supernatural-
44
forecast
50, 209, 242, 248, 251, 286
foretell / foretelling
48, 209, 286
-the future / -what is to come
102, 166â168, 188
-specific details
234
form (= essence)
272, 274
hidden-
271
form (= figure)
280
astral-
266
-of earthly entities
280, 283
earthly unconnected to stars-
280, 283
engraved-
281
heavenly-
280
human-
277, 280â281
-of stars
280
supernal-
281
forma specifica
272
formulae
magical-
30, 108
fortune
37, 240, 288, 293, 297
bad-
240
good-
37, 240
âfounders of observancesâ (sect practicing a non-licit science)
209, 243, 249
freelancer
34
fumigate / suffumigate
265, 318, 320
fumigation / suffumigation
263, 312, 314, 317, 319
function
linear zig-zag-
70
prophetic or divinatory-
293
future
anticipate-
196, 234
change-
234â235
divine-
162, 287
eschatological-
27
inquire into-
235, 255
knowledge of-
196
speak about-
246, 252
gazrayyaʾ
245â247
-different from meḵašfim (who do not speak about the future)
246
-identical to gazrin
245
gematria
175, 181
ghoul
269
glove
323
goal
magical-divinatory-
107
gold
clean-
322, 325
pure / purest-
323, 331
goral (lot) / goralot (lots)
28â33, 35â36, 38â40, 43, 162â163, 171â172, 175â177, 179â180, 186
-ha-Torah
163, 177, 180
grid
39, 42â43
grimoire
29â30, 326â327
ḥadīth
127
ḥaḵamim (ḥaḵimin)
246â247
-identical to meḵašfim
247
halakhah
178, 189â190, 275
conflict with-
193
Maimonidean-
285
handbook
28, 140, 143
esoteric-
30
magical-
29
ḥará¹umayyaʾ
245â246
-did not act together with the meḵašfim
247
-identical to ḥará¹ummim (ḥará¹ummin)
245
ḥasidim versus mitnagdim
186â188
head-dress (of the Master)
323
healing
22â23, 32, 273, 279â281, 284, 295
Heaven
fear of-
195, 224, 238, 242â243, 245, 249, 256
heavenly
-gate
50, 65â66, 68â69, 72, 74, 77, 79, 85
-journey
55, 62
heavens
229
center of-
236
description of-
236
motion of-
205
seven-
318
hemerology
81, 166
hero
Biblical-
185
cultural-
189
hidden
102, 117, 123, 127, 134, 136, 162, 234, 247, 258, 271, 287, 297, 312
hold the sight (trick the eye, not a magic act)
252â253
hoop
324, 328â329
horizon
69, 71â73, 76, 92, 209â211, 293
horn
26, 265, 323
horoscope
48, 205â206, 227â231, 240â241
Babylonian-
58
-of any man / person / individual
91, 203, 210, 228, 293
-of the moment
206
signs and testimonies of-
229
house (= astrological place)
205â206
angular-
205
cadent-
204â205
cardinal-
204
motion of-
205â206
succedent-
204â205
house (= domicile of a planet)
316
hour
203, 218, 251â253
astrological judgment of-
204
auspicious / not auspicious-
219, 221, 223â224
dangerous-
218â219
different- act in different ways
223
even-numbered / odd-numbered-
193, 202â206, 209, 218â222, 224
-good to
223
Jupiterâs-
210, 223
Marsâ-
210, 218, 220â221
planetary-
203, 205â206, 208
quality of-
202, 221
rule a planet an-
211
ruling planet of-
211
Saturnâs-
211, 218, 220
separate- (odd-numbered hour)
204, 211
suitable / not suitable / unsuitable-
219, 221, 223
Sunâs-
316
-when a zodiac sign rises / sets
223
ḥover ḥever (a form of qesem)
250, 254
idolater
262, 267, 273, 284
idolatry
195â196, 209â211, 226, 243â244, 247, 249, 261â262, 275â276, 279â283, 285
true-
267
illicit/not licit
195, 206, 228, 232, 236, 243â245, 254
image
21, 136, 236, 243â244, 250â251, 261, 266â267, 269, 327
imagery
symbolic-
155
incantation
30
incense
244, 264, 266, 319
inclination
295
evil-
291
natural-
291
incubation
Classical dream-
103
induction
-of pneumatic powers
271
-of spirituality
267
inference
278
logical-
274
influence
-absolute and complete
238
astral/ stellar- / -of stars / of zodiac signs
195, 210â211, 229, 230â238, 240â241, 248, 271, 275
celestial-
290
-not complete
238
conditional / non-conditional-
195, 238
-conferred on the stars (conditionally by God)
223
of hours-
203
-permanent and without condition
238
ink
311, 319, 321, 327
-made of alum and saffron
319
red-
322â323
inquire
-about / into the future
235, 255
-of astrologers
180
-of the dead
164
-of the ʾurim and tummim
32
inquirer
29â30, 35, 39â40, 174, 181
insight (into a third partyâs thought, will, and dream)
137
inspiration
divine-
31, 167, 237
institution
divination-
23
public divinatory-
28
instrument
astronomical-
72
-of divination
28
-for the induction of pneumatic powers
271
writing-
311
intellect
267
divine-
295
separate- (driving a sphere)
281
interaction (between diviner and client)
24
intercalation
52, 56â60, 84
intermediary
43
talismanic
271
internalization
189
interplay
-of the individual and community
25
interpret / interpreting
-dream
112, 133, 143
-the form of the moon
26
-ominous symbols
140
-sign
101, 180, 189
interpretation
29, 155, 167, 169, 173, 175, 187, 204, 248, 252
dream- / -of the dreams
23, 102, 108, 130, 132â133, 135, 140, 142â145, 156, 169, 173â174
intuitive- (of Biblical verses by various means)
189
interpreter
dream-
141, 144â145
intuition
religious-
295
invocation
108, 131, 312, 314, 320
-of God
122â123, 130
isnÄd (the chain of authorities on which a tradition is based)
317
istiḵÄra
103, 126â127
Jews
Babylonian-
27
Palestinian-
27
jinn
317
kabbalah
292, 295â296
-of divine names
181, 184
-of names
184
practical-
106, 181, 270
kabbalist
185, 189, 296â297
Kalendartexte, see dodekatemoria
kasdaiaʾ
245â247
-identical to kasdim and kasdaʾin
245â246
-one of the Chaldeansâ families
255
-from the royal family in the time of Nebuchadnezzar
255
ḵÄṣṣa
271
kešafim (performer of a magic act)
253
knife (written on)
316
-blade
329
new sharp-
324, 329
sharp-
329
knowledge
esoteric-
31
lamina
copper- (written on)
316
iron- (written on)
316
lead- (written on)
316
silver- (written on)
316
tin- (written on)
316
law
167, 178, 197, 222, 224, 226â228, 259, 264, 276, 283, 285
Jewish-
179, 193
-of Moses
314, 318
-of nature / natural-
274
oral-
303
-of prophecy
165
rabbinic-
329
leather
330
red-
325â326
legacy
156
cross-cultural-
140
Islamic-
145
legitimacy
157, 161, 163, 165, 199, 275
halakhic-
180, 187
religious-
295
legitimation
167
lenient / permissive
251, 256
lime
247, 328
-liquors
328â329
-solution
324
-stone
328
-wood
330
liminality (of the oneiric experience)
101
linen
-cloth
322
listen / listening to
243
-the angel
112
-the Chaldeansâ advice / answers
224â226
-children reciting verses
169
intentional or unintentional-
163
longitude (of any fixed star)
82, 83, 89
look at the liver (qesem)
249
lore
astrological-
205
Graeco-Egyptian magical-
135
Jewish divinatory-
137
lot
Pentateuchal- / of the Pentateuch / of the Torah
163, 177, 180, 182, 184â188
-of the Gaon of Vilna (= lot of the Gaon Rabbi Elijah = lot of the GR''A)
161â163, 185â189
lottery
-book
177, 182â185, 189
non-Biblical -book
182, 184
Pentateuchal / Torah-
184â185, 188â189
luck
240, 293
lunar disk
visibility of-
63, 67
magic
22, 25, 44, 80, 106, 110, 172, 189, 194, 254, 261â262, 267, 271, 273â274, 276, 279â280, 291, 316
ancient Greek-
312
astral-
195â196, 206, 261â264, 268, 270â271, 276, 279â280, 283, 285
astral/liturgical-
206
-based upon astrological calculations (learned magic)
268, 279â280
-based on writing
44, 107, 314
black-
263
esoteric-
297
folk- / folkloristic-
279
forms of / branches of-
171, 178â179, 263â264, 267, 270â271, 273, 314, 327
Hebrew-
312, 327
idolatrous astral-
285
Jewish-
110, 305
learned-
268, 276, 279â280
linguistic-
107â108
non-astral form of-
270
oneiric-
104
popular / popular form of-
267, 270, 268
primitive-
268, 276
professional-
262, 279
ritual-
104
-and segullot
271â276
Solomonic-
311, 327
magician
43â44, 263, 265â266
âmake the powers of the stars flowâ (sect practicing a non-licit stellar science)
211, 244â245, 249, 255
âmakers of talismansâ (sect practicing a non-licit stellar science)
210, 244â245, 249, 282
making
-decision
162, 188
decision-
189
manticism
179
forbidden-
164, 166
Jewish-
164
manual
bibliomantic-
29
divination-
21, 23â25, 28â29, 42
dream-
143, 145
magical-
30, 33
medical-
31
palmomancy-
30
-as part of the ritual
33
physiognomy-
23, 286, 288â289, 303â304
marginality
-of the practitioner
44
master
-of experience
272
âmasters of sympathetic relationshipsâ (sect practicing a non-licit stellar science)
210, 245, 249
materiality
44
mean
talismanic-
267
mediation
36, 44
medicine
287â289, 299
astral-
302
Prophetâs-
296
-as unrelated to the ways of the Amorite
273 (see also magic, -and segullot)
medium
42, 169, 187
meḵašef
250, 253
-a form of qesem
250
- performs a magic act
253
meḵašfim
245â248, 254â255
-acted together with the ḥará¹ummim
247
-identical to âthe makers of talismansâ and ḥaḵamim
247
-do not speak about future events
246
-were disciples of the ʾaššafim and followed them
247
menaḥeš (a form of qesem)
250â253
-speaks about the future through signs in stars, animals, and birds
252
-takes auguries from birds or stars
253
meʿonen (a form of qesem)
250â252
-applies seven kinds of male semen on the eye (according to Rabbi Ishmael)
252
-calculates moments and hours (according to Rabbi Akiva)
251â252
-forecast neither through astrology nor through the positions of the planets
251â252
-holds the sight / tricks the eye (according to the sagesâ words)
252
meqalqelei ḥiṣṣim / qilqal ba-ḥiṣṣim (= shaking arrows / casting stones)
249â250, 256
message
divine / non-human-
43, 101â102, 129, 311
metoposcopy
294â298
mind
37, 40, 42, 111, 122
clientâs state of-
37
mitnagdim
186â189
mitre, see crown
month
full-
63
hollow-
63
intercalary-
52â53, 58, 63, 88
lunar-
48, 51â53, 63â65, 66â67, 74â75
solar / zodiac-
65â67, 71, 88, 99
synodic-
55, 60, 64, 76
moon
202, 221, 253, 265, 274, 277, 283
drawing of-
282
new-
25â27, 87, 170
motion
daily- (of the heavens)
205
-of the houses
205
-of the planets
236, 244
-of the sky
205
-of the stars
209, 275
motivation
astrological-
267
musk
321
myrrh
318
mystic
44, 292â295, 297â300, 304
mysticism
30, 298
kabbalistic-
298
naḥaš (augury)
172
name
angelic-
109, 130, 206
divine-
109, 122â123, 173, 175, 181, 184
magical-
109
magical use of-
312â315, 318, 320, 324, 326â327
sacrilegious and demonic-
245
secret- of God
318
narration
dream-
141, 155
narrative
24â25, 31, 55, 287
nasi
198, 218
nativity
210, 223
nation
gentile-
195, 229, 236, 238, 240â241, 243, 248, 254
-of the world
31, 229â232, 236, 238â239, 241, 243, 248, 273
nature
composite- of dream books
145, 156
-of the correspondence between sign and meaning
141
discursive- of answers
35
-of divinatory events
42, 44
-of dreams
141
elusive- of dreams
111
formulaic- of dream books
155
inner- versus outer form
297
laws of-
274
ominous- of dreams
158
transactional- of the divinatory practice
22
necromancy
263
nevuʾah (prophecy)
172
nineteen-year cycle
50, 60â61, 79â81, 84â100
Babylonian / Mesopotamian-
51â52, 57â58
Metonic-
51, 76, 85, 88â89, 96â98
nomina
313â322
norm
ascetic-
107, 136
notion
astrological-
273â274
-of physiognomy
304
-of wisdom
134
nullify
(God) -the influence of a star / the stellar influences
210, 231â232, 240, 248
(God) -the judgment of the stars
233
(God) -the rule (of the stars)
210, 230, 232â233
(God does not) -the rule of the horoscope
210, 230
(God) -the stellar decrees
230, 240â241
(God) -the testimony of the stars
233
(God does not) -the testimony of the stars
232
(Israel) -the stellar decrees
195, 210, 229â230, 240â242, 249
(Israel) -the testimony of the stars
210, 230
(makers of talismans) -the power of the malefic planet
244
oak
326, 330
oath
271
objection to
-astrology
193, 196, 199, 201, 207, 217
-learned magic
276
objector
193â203, 206â207, 222â223, 256
obligation
-to practice astrology
242
offense to Heaven
226
oil
259
ben-
316
olive-
250
omen
166, 175, 178
Akkadian lunar-
26
astrological-
49
divinatory-
179
lunar-
24â27
Palestinian Aramaic lunar-
24
omina
196
good / bad-
111
dream-
143
omniscience
divine / Godâs-
124â125
open / opening
-a book in times of trouble (in the manner of a lot)
186
-the Pentateuch (to find a lot by computation)
181â182
-the Torah / the Bible (to see which verse turns up)
161â163, 180, 185
-Torah scrolls (to determine the future by lot)
179
operation
chance-
42
magical-
263
mathematical-
44
mental-
42
opposite
primary- (dry, wet, hot, cold)
272
oracle
32, 35, 37, 40, 42
Anatolian dice-
39
astragalos-
41
Greek dice-
36
public-
26, 29
-rite
33
spoken-
33
temple-
34
to test-
38â39
verifiability of-
39
-in written form
33
order
natural-
196
orlah
275
paleography
84, 146, 313
palmomancy (body tremors)
30
paper
108â109, 112, 146â147, 317, 323
paradigm
Aristotelian scientific-
262, 273
parchment
317, 319, 323â324, 326â330
-of arciginim (written on)
319
clean- (written on)
319
very thin clean- (written on)
319
pattern
behavioral-
287, 290â291, 303â304
pearl
321
peg (= pin)
330â331
pentaculum
323
perception
oneiric- (of codified signs)
111
performance
(in divination)
23â24, 104, 106, 110, 135
(in magic)
24, 264
period
astrological-
26
preparatory-
107
Second Temple-
32, 134, 137
Talmudic-
172
permissibility
186
persona
-of the diviner
43
personality
-trait
291
phase
lunar / moonâs-
66, 76, 88, 94
philosopher
146, 314
natural-
291
philosophy
271, 276, 285, 295
natural-
274â275, 290â291, 305
phylacteria
103
physiognomer
286â287, 297â299
physiognomy
diagnostic-
295, 304
divinatory / non-divinatory-
23, 27, 286â287, 289â291, 295
Greco-Roman-
286â287, 290â291, 304
Greek-
292
Hebrew / Jewish-
292â305
Hekhalot-
294
Islamic-
296â297
kabbalistic-
294, 296â298
Latin-
290, 301
mantic / non-mantic-
286â287, 290, 292, 295, 297â298, 304
ordinary human-
296
prognostic-
286, 289â290
Qumran and Merkavah-
295
secret of-
300
Zohar / Zoharic-
295â296, 300
pietism
magical-
183, 189
mantic-
161, 188â191
piety
magical-
110
pin, see peg
piyyut
25, 110, 136
planet
benefic / malefic-
209â210, 219â220, 244
direct / retrograde-
209, 236â237
domicile of-
203
-dominate / rule a horoscope
209, 211
horoscopic position of-
206
position of-
193, 200, 205â206, 209â210, 221â222, 224, 228, 236, 239, 244â248, 251
ruling- (the day)
211, 218â219
ruling- assigned to (the hour)
203, 211, 219â220
suitable / unsuitable-
218â219
plea
108â109, 123, 126â129, 133
point
cardinal- (of the horizon)
83, 265
cardinal- (of the year)
82â84
polarization
negative-positive-
151
politics
-of omens
27
portability (of books of lots)
34
position of
-the gate
77
-the heavenly bodies in the sky
48
-any planet in any zodiac sign
49â50, 53, 58, 60, 81, 83, 85â90, 93â94, 97â98, 205â206, 222
-the zodiac signs (in a horoscope)
71, 203, 205â206, 210, 228
potsherd
327
unbaked- (written on)
319
unbaked but only dried- (written on)
316
power
-of astrology
234â235
-of the Chaldeans
235
-of clairvoyance
38
-of Godâs
248â249, 318
Israelâs- / -of Israel
229â231
-inherent in existing objects, inanimate or animate
264
-inherent in human actions
264
-of material nature
290
-of the omen
178
-of a planet to cause benefit or to harm of their own free will and knowingly
244, 247
pneumatic / spiritual-
267, 271
-of the prophet
241
-of speech
107
-of the species
244
-of the spoken word
327
-of the written word
327
-of stars
229, 223, 233, 241, 244, 255, 267
supernatural- (of the á¹£adiq)
188
-of supernatural force
44
words of-
313
practice (n.)
accommodated-
194
astrological-
48â49, 194, 202, 206, 242
-of astrology
233
Chaldean-
197, 201, 206, 223, 235, 254
-of Chaldeans
235
chiromantic-
293â294
controversial-
207
divinatory- / -of divination
21â22, 42, 134, 164, 183, 194â195, 217, 250â251, 286, 292
electional-
193, 206
forbidden-
196, 249, 251, 254, 256
forbidden divinatory- (mentioned in the Bible and the Talmud)
163
-forbidden in Scripture
249, 254
-of goralot (lots)
177
Hasidic-
188
idolatrous-
267
kabbalistic divinatory-
294, 296
knowledge-
23, 44
legitimacy of- / legitimate
163, 165, 180, 189, 191
magical-
264â266, 271, 273
magical and divinatory-
194â195
mantic-
164, 172â173, 184, 189, 191
medical-
24, 302
-of medicine
287
metoposcopic-
293â294
physiognomic-
304
popular-
24, 266
ritual-
22
scribal-
319
Talmudic-
203
practice (v.)
-astral-liturgical magic
206
-astrology
194â196, 227â228, 242
-astronomy and astrology
238
-deeds of the Chaldeans
223
-idolatry / not true idolatry
244, 267
-qesamim mentioned in Scripture
254
-a wicked religion
243
practitioner
21, 23â24, 29, 31, 34, 43â44, 87, 255, 290, 297, 302, 304
praxis
magical-
107, 113
prayer
recipe-
130
predestination
48
predict / predicting
-the future (see divine the future)
prediction
50, 168â169, 266, 287, 294
priest
32, 183, 255
-of Baalzebub
241
Egyptian-
44
princes
mirror of-
298
princes (of the four regions of the world = spirits)
313
procedure
24, 30, 33, 35, 39, 43â44, 133, 161, 227, 234â235, 311, 314, 316, 319, 322, 327
process
-of calculation
28
geomantic-
39
interactive-
22
Judaization-
166
-of ramdomization
29, 42â43
segullot as-
274
self-healing-
295
product
finished-
106, 108â109, 111, 137
production
-of books
145, 313
prognosis
286, 294
medical-
286, 288
prognostic / prognostication
50, 153, 164, 166â167, 287, 289â290, 292
legitimate methods of-
166
prognosticate
286, 294
-general features (astrologers)
234
-specific details (Chaldeans)
234
prohibition
164â165, 176
Biblical- (against sorcery)
178
-concerning astrology
176
-concerning divination
176
-on consulting lots
186
-of forbidden amulets
285
-on making figures
272â275, 277â278, 281, 284
-on making heavenly forms
280
property
special- (= segullah)
271, 273
prophecy
164â165, 172â173, 176, 183, 230
minor-
169
one sixtieth of-
169
-unlike the testimony of the zodiac signs and the planets
248
prophet
32, 102, 115, 121, 124, 129, 133â134, 164, 168â169, 183, 238, 241, 296, 300
Baal-
243
false-
129, 243, 255
-prophesy what the stars do not indicate
248
propitious
193, 202, 315
protasis / apodosis
111, 151
-structure
50
pseudepigraphy
157
purification
168
purpose
apotropaic-
34
astrological-
87â88
divinatory- / -of divination
101, 163, 170, 185
healing-
280
idolatrous-
276â278, 281
mantic-
175, 180, 184
ornamentation- /-of ornaments / ornamental-
276â278, 280â281, 283â284, 276, 281
scientific / learned-
280â281
pursuit
mantic-
175
qesem (divination)
forms of-
250â252, 254
-licit to learn but not licit to practic
249â251
-by looking at the liver
249
-by means of ḥiṣṣim
249
-by means of terafim
250
-single category that encompasses all forms of divination
254
qesem (magic)
172
qiduš yereḥim (sanctification of the moons)
25
qilqal ba-ḥiṣṣim (divination by arrows or small stones, a form of qesem)
249â250
qosem qesamim (a general category)
250â251
quality
inner moral-
293
quarter
-of the day / night
202â203, 205
quaternion
324
questioner
35, 40â42
quire
113, 147, 329
randomization
method of-
35, 39
-procedure
35
process of-
29, 42
result from-
43
rationalist
270â271
reality
physical-
275
supernal-
281
reasoning
273â274
recipe
30, 228
divinatory-
134, 136
Genizah-
102, 108, 110â111, 132, 134, 137
magical-
113, 135â136
-for receiving a revelatory dream
104
-for sheʾelat ḥalom
102, 106â107, 111â113, 122, 126â127, 129â131 (Judaeo-Arabic), 127, 128 (Latin-), 132â133, 137
reed-pen
327
regiment (of the firmament)
121, 131
rejection
-of divination
166, 190
religion
Sabian-
261
remove (God)
-the influence of a star
210, 230â231, 233, 240â241
-the rule of the stars
238, 248â249
-the rule of the zodiac sign / horoscope
210, 231
-a star
231â232
reservation
191, 280, 284
resin or olive oil (= terafim)
250
responsum
178, 186, 192, 200
restriction (alimentary / dressing / sexual)
107, 136
reveal (v.)
-a dream
133
-the foundation of a question
183
-hidden and deep things
117, 162, 258
-hidden knowledge
134, 136
-information about events already in the past
178
-a personâs character
287
-secrets
266
revelation
136, 175â176
-of the angelic master of dreams
175
-of new concealed knowledge
167
-of the future
190
oneiric-
108, 123â124, 129, 132â133, 135, 137, 175
-of secrets
189
revolution (of a planet)
-in its orb
210, 239
revolve (any planet)
-in its sphere
210, 239, 244
righteousness (see also charity)
229, 231, 240â242, 249, 257
ring
engraved-
284
signet-
277
silver-
316
the stone of-
314
-of Solomon
313â314, 321, 327
rise
-(a star) in the east
210, 228, 231
-(a zodiac sign) above the eastern horizon
71, 203, 210, 265, 293
ritual
21, 33â34, 39, 44, 107, 137, 262
-ablution
148
-act / action
23, 44, 102, 133
-based on writing
33
-behavior
137
divination- / -for divination
35, 135
-dream
107â108, 111
-dynamics
112
-maturity
112
multi-stage-
103, 135
-sleep
107â108, 111
stage of-
39
rod
314, 325
bronze- (written on)
316
rule (n.)
-for each activity controlled by a planet
220
astrological-
202, 222
-of electional astrology
193
-of the horoscope
230â231
-of a planet upon the hours
211, 220
-of a planet upon a specific aspect of life or activity
211
-of the spheres, planets and stars
211, 236, 238
-of stars upon peoples
230
-of a stellar decree
211
to be under the- (of the stars)
232
rule (v.)
- (God) the stars
223
-(a planet / star) an aspect of life or an activity
211, 220, 231
-(a planet / star) an hour / an hour or a day
68, 211, 219, 220â222, 231
-(a planet) the birth/nativity of a person/ child
211, 223
-(a planet) a specific stellar decree
211
-(the zodiac sign, planet, star, stellar decree, or testimony of the stars) a people
211, 230â233, 240â241
ruler
planetary-
205â206, 219
á¹£addiq
162, 187â188
saffron
319, 321
salÄt al-istiḵÄra
127
ṣalmanaiaʾ
250 (see also terafim)
sanctification
-of the new moon / of the moon
25
sandal
320
science
Arabic-
245
Aristotelian-
275
-based in the stars
195
Chaldean- (= idolatry)
209, 226, 228, 233, 235
compulsory-
242
deficiency of the Gentile-
248
divinatory-
291
experimental / experiential-
261â262
Greco-Roman-
84
-that increases the fear of Heaven and the knowledge of god (astrology)
249
-of the kišuf
247
-to be learned but not to practice
256
legitimate / licit / illicit / forbidden / appropriate-
203, 228, 236, 243â245, 249, 256
-of magical talismans
312
occult-
196
-of physiognomy
286, 291, 295, 302
-proper to learn and practice
256
real-
270
reliable-
228
true-
195, 228, 232
-of the stars / stellar- (= astronomy and astrology)
204, 209, 211, 224, 229, 234, 236â238, 240, 243, 249, 258
scraping
328
scudding
328
seal (n.)
148, 277, 281
seal (v.)
277
season
-of the year
59, 76, 83, 117, 211, 239, 291, 321
secret
37â38, 44, 117, 183, 283
-of astrologers
203
-of casting a lot (with a book)
181
-of cosmology and astronomy
54
disclose / reveal-
236, 246, 266
-of God
178, 183
- of physiognomy
300
-of a question
183
revelation of-
189
-of the sciences of the stars
236
-of the Torah
295
sect
27, 209â211, 243â245, 293
esoteric-
292
Hasidic-
188
seer
183
segullah
106, 271â276
action of-
272, 274
-allowed by halakhah
275
definition of-
275
doctrine of-
271
effect of-
274
legitimacy of-
275
-not relaying on experience and associated with astrology
274
- as âways of the Amoriteâ
275
-unconfirmed by experience
275
šeʾilah be-haqiṣ
107
šeʾilat ḥalom
101â113, 115, 122â137, 158
selenodromion
49
semiphoras
327
set (v.)
-a star / planet in the west
67â69, 71, 73, 77, 79, 99, 211, 223, 231
setting
public-
135
spatial- (indoor / outdoor / aquatic location)
136
-of a star
66â68, 71, 76â77, 203, 211, 231
sigil
313, 316
sign
26, 101, 121, 129â130, 141, 166, 173, 175, 178, 180, 211, 229, 288, 291
astral-
289
bad-
26, 111
-from the Biblical verse
189
bodily-
293, 295
coded / codified-
111
facial and bodily-
293, 295, 296
-of heaven
229
lettered- on palms and forehead
293
lucky-
178
mantic-
169
physiognomic-
286â287, 292, 295, 299, 302
oneiric-
102, 112
outward-
297
personâs zodiac-
293
planetary-
289
pre-coded-
102, 111
-from stars, animals, and birds
252â253
-of the Torah
183â184
zodiac-
48â49, 55, 57â60, 64â65, 69, 71â75, 77, 79â83, 86â88, 94, 99, 203, 205â206, 223, 226, 228, 230â231, 236â239, 246, 248, 265, 267, 293, 313
fixed-
205
mutable or changeable-
205
tropical / cardinal-
81, 205
silk
326
yellow-
325, 330
red-
322, 325, 330
white-
325
sinner
197, 222, 249, 296
skin
-of arciginim
329
-of a black or wild goat
322, 329
calf-
329
controlled putrefaction of-
328
cow-
326
-of different animals
311
-of a gazelle (written on)
318â319, 326
-placed in lime solution
324
sheep-
34, 326, 330
-of suenes (written on)
319, 329
tanned goat-
330
unhaired-
328
washed and scraped-
324
white alum-tawed-
330
sky
middle of- (the meridian)
265
sleep
ritual-
107â108, 111
sleep/dream
ritual-
107â108, 111
smelling
sweet-
323, 326
šoʾel
35
-yiddeʿoni (a form of qesem)
250â251, 254
-ʾov (a form of qesem)
250â251, 254
solstice
50, 65, 72, 81â83, 88
summer-
51, 82, 84
winter-
75, 80â82, 84â86, 88â91, 93â94, 96
soothsayer
164, 180
sorcerer
164, 262
sorcery
171, 178, 267, 270
sortes
23, 33, 28, 33, 35, 39, 171
early Christian-
23, 29
Greco-Roman-
29
Jewish-
36
systems of-
43
-tradition
41
sortilege (= lots)
29
sortium libri
171
source
Arabic-
168
authoritative-
132
authoritative theoretical-
263
Babylonian-
60
Christian-
103
classical-
28
cuneiform-
81
Eastern-
267
Genizah-
107â108
Hebrew-
327
Hellenistic-
57
Hellenistic-Mesopotamian-
60
Hermetic-
267â268
Islamic / Muslim -
103, 270
Jewish-
101, 106, 109, 111, 189, 204, 207
non-Jewish-
111
outsider / insider
105, 111
Qumran-
168
rabbinic-
194
Sabian-
269
Seleucid-
81
Talmudic-
42, 173, 202, 207, 281
speculation
273
spell
245, 247
to cast a-
164, 245
divination-
33â34
sphere
210â211, 229, 236â237, 239, 244, 274, 281â282
divine-
296
heavenly-
229
starry-
82
spirit
27, 43, 269, 311, 313, 317, 325
-creature
132
familiar-
164
-of God
237
holy-
238
impure-
243, 254
spirituality
271
assimilate-
269
bringing down / drawing down-
266â268, 270, 280
-emanate
269
induction of-
267
standpoint
emic- (= insider perspective)
110
star
fixed-
53, 82â83, 209, 253
God rules-
223
Israel has a-
227â232
-testify about Israel
230
state
liminal-
169
status
social- (of the clients)
39, 293
stone
249, 277, 314
black- (written on)
316
cast-
249â250, 256
-disk
72
hard, white- (written on)
316
lime-
328
-pillar
36
-of a silver ring
316
written on-
314
stringent
251
-approach
223, 251
-halakhic / legal opinion
207, 223â224, 256
-interpretation
251â252
stringency
223
suffumigate (see fumigate)
suffumigation (see fumigation)
sundial
72
Greco-Roman-
71
Hellenistic-
72
zodiac-
72
supplication
131, 174, 182â183
Christian-
128
Islamic-
128
sword (written on)
316
symbol
151, 155â156
dream-
140, 144
-of heavenly bodies
283
ominous-
140
-sequence
146
-of a teli
283
symbolism
mantic-
173
synagogue
35, 174, 221
tables
39
astronomical / astrological-
50, 60, 71, 88, 200
talisman
244, 276, 282, 324
action of-
269
magical-
312, 317
making of-
317
secret-
323
use of-
279
technique
43, 48, 88, 101, 107â108, 112, 161â163, 166, 169, 175, 181, 184â185, 187, 189â190, 195, 279
Biblical mantic-
164
chiromantic-
293
-combined with other divinatory methods
163
-of divining the future
287
divination / divinatory- / -of divination
27, 102â105, 137, 161, 163, 166, 169, 171, 188, 298
-for dream request / šeʾilat ḥalom
102â103, 110, 123, 126, 133
-of flipping through Biblical texts
189
foreign-
134
Gaonâs-
188
Hasidic-
188
lay-
162
-of magic
262
magical-
102, 110
magical-divinatory-
124
mantic-
168, 172â173, 189
metoposcopic-
293
oneiric-
105â106, 109, 113, 124, 128, 134
-of opening the Bible
163
-of a Pentateuchal lot
186
physiognomic-
27, 295
-for predicting the future
166
prognostic-
287
-of re-reading the Bible
169
rabbinic-
162
scrying-
135
teli
202, 282â283
tequfot and mazzalot (calculate)
243
-means astronomy and astrology, respectively
238â240
-required to calculate them
238, 242
terafim
249, 271
consult / consultation of-
249â250, 256
testify (a star)
-about a specific matter / person
230
testimony / decree of the stars
211, 240, 246, 248
benefic / good- (= mazzal á¹ov = good luck/fortune)
240, 242
malefic / not good / unfavorable- (= mazzal raʿ = bad luck/fortune)
211, 240, 242
-of a star / stars / planet / zodiac sign
230, 232, 234, 246, 248
textuality
33
thunder (n.)
26, 50, 87
thunder (v.)
26â27, 50, 231
time/s
astrologically propitious-
315
-determined by the astral configuration
267, 270
nine-
324
prescribed-
264
seven-
161, 182
suitable-
219, 266
three-
23, 32, 130, 181
tool
-of augury
163
-for discerning the inward state from an outward sign
297
-for divination
162, 184, 188
-for foretelling the future
188
mantic-
180, 304
-of medical semiotics
302
prognostication-
292
-for prognostication
167
-for the revelation of the future
190
tosafists
278, 281
French-
207
French / German-
207
trade (n.)
esoteric-
34
trade (v.)
-secrets and techniques
44
tradent
esoteric Jewish-
31
tradition
237, 239, 295â296, 317, 331
Abrahamic-
128
Andalusian-
280
divinatory oneiric-
134
dream interpretation-
102
Greek-
331
Hebrew physiognomic-
286
Hermetic-
269
internal-
305
internal Jewish-
305
Islamic-
103
Israelâs divination-
33
istiḵÄra-
126
Jewish-
134, 140, 162â164, 166, 189â190, 328
-apocaliptic and divinatory
137
-divinatory
137
non-
137
magic-
283
magic astral-
283
oral-
186
physiognomic-
291, 295
prophetic and apocaliptic-
136
rabbinic-
164, 187
scientific-
304
Second Temple period-
134
Semitic-
70
somatomantic-
294
sortes-
41
transgress
-the law
226
-the words of the sages
222, 225, 227â228
-the Torah
32
trangression
226â227
-of the law
226â227
transgressor
200, 256
-of the law
197, 222, 226â227
tribunal
-above
219â220
-below
219â220
triplicity
-of the day and the night
313
(three months = a season)
320
tummim, see ʾurim and tummim
unit
textual-
155
ʾurim, see ʾurim and tummim
ʾurim and tummim
28, 31â33, 164, 183, 187
use of
-amulets
279
-astrology
192, 206
-bibliomancy
191
-a divinatory recipe
134
-divine attributes
113
-experiential science
262
-lottery
184
-oneiric magic
104
-peculiar ritual actions
23
-physical lots
172
-physiognomy
303
-powers inherent in human actions
264
-powers inherent in objects
264
-prayers
110
-šeʾilat ḥalom
106, 158
-signs or omens
165
-Scripture / Torah / Pentateuch / Bible as a tool for divination / prognostication
162, 167, 178, 180, 184â185, 189â190
-spittle, nakedness, fasting and so on
23
-talismans
279
-the Torah as a prophetic medium
187
-verbal utterances and charms
23
-the zodiac in the calendar
53
use (v.)
-astrology
199
-children in divinatory practice
42
-chiromantic and metoposcopic practices
294
-gematria
181
-Hasidic writings (to arrive at decisions through a lot)
188
-sacrilegous and demonic names
245
utterance
verbal-
23
validity
39, 195, 264
vase
white glass- (written on)
316
verifiability
-of the oracle
39
verification
empirical-
275
verse (Biblical)
39, 109, 110, 113, 121, 129â130, 158, 162â164, 169, 173â176, 178, 180â182, 184â185, 189
vial
321
violation
178, 180, 190
vision
109, 115, 136, 148, 155â156, 176, 178
cultivation of-
42
dream-
140
-of the night
123, 133
oneiric-
132â123
symbolic dream-
141
voice
34, 178
authorial-
36
-from the beyond
43
candidateâs-
293
-of a cock
253
divine-
169
-of the practitioner
24
-of a rat
253
-of a raven
253
water
a glass full of-
250
-of this herb
223
placed in-
316
running-
324, 328
within-
250
wear
-amulets and miniature books of scriptures
34
-clean clothes
319
-the fourteenth name written on the stone of a silver ring
316
-the fourth name written on a silver lamina with ben oil
316
-a ring
277
weather astrology
Hellenistic-
50
weirdness
coefficient of-
44
will
244
divine-
182â183
human-
43
free-
238, 243
-of the questioner or diviner
42
winds
253, 313, 320â321
wisdom
31, 38, 40, 47, 167, 218, 239, 247, 258, 274, 296, 299â300, 305, 308
Chaldean-
206
Danielâs own-
124
Godâs-
123
good-
218
a great secret from-
38
-of Israel / Israelâs-
195, 238, 240â241
masters of-
259
notion of-
134
universal-
31
witchcraft
252, 262
wizard
31
wonder (n. = sign)
121, 129, 167, 184
-associated with the revelation of new concealed knowledge
167
-indicating the activity of false prophets and diviners
129
wood
172, 245, 277, 329
aloes-
321
birch-
330
box-
325, 329â330
cedar-
325â326, 329â330
cypress-
326
-from Lebanon
326
lime-
330
sandal-
320
written on-
316
words
-of Abraham, our Father
227
-of the astrologers
226â228
-of the Chaldeans
225â227, 242
divinerâs-
42
expansion of-
175
-of Godâs prophets
121, 129, 169
master of-
36
-of power
313
-of the rabbis
195, 226â227
-of the sages
200, 222, 224â226, 237, 251â252
-of the Torah
224
-in unknown languages
327
world
Byzantine-
61
-that is coming / to come
295, 303
divine-
42
early-Christian-
101
form of this-
244
four regions of / cardines of-
313
Greco-Roman-
21, 23, 170
Greek-
41, 330
Hasidic-
187
material-
274
natural order of the-
196
non-human-
101
physical-
294
sensible-
296
supernal-
280, 283
worship (n.)
243, 255, 277â279, 285
-of the image
267
-of the stars
263, 273
worship (v.)
243
-forms
280
-idols
243
-man-made images
267
-stars
243
writing
automatic-
109
-of characters
312â313
the culture of-
33
-as the domain of ritual experts
44
-instruments
311
-as a knowledge practice
23, 44
magic based on-
314
-materials
311, 317, 321
-of names / nomina
313â314, 321, 327
-of powerful names
314, 327
practical aspects of-
313
rituals based on-
33
role of-
319
-in magic and divination
44
-the sacred names of the semiphoras
327
-support to use
327
time of-
315
written
-actions
23
-backwards
322
-on a black stone
316
-on a bronze rod
316
-on carta
320
-with clean gold or red ink
322
-on a copper lamina
316
-on the forehead of the Master
323
-on a gold folium
316
-on a hard, white stone
316
-in Hebrew
327
-in Hebrew and Aramaic
113
-on an iron lamina
316
-on a knife
316
-on a lead lamina
316
-legacy
140
-on Mosesâ rod
314
-names
313â331
-on parchment of arciginim
319
-on clean parchment
319
-on very thin clean parchment
319
-in Persian
182
-on a piece of wood
316
- with the purest gold and red ink
323
-in the sacred tongue
30
-with the best saffron, musk, and aloes-wood
321
-with sandal fruit and wood
320
-on a silver lamina
316
-on the skin of a black or wild goat
322
-on the skin of a gazelle
319
-on the skin of suenes
319
-rather than spoken out loud
317, 327
-on the stone of a silver ring
316
-on a sword
316
-on a tin lamina
316
-on an unbaked postherd
316, 319
-on an unbaked potterâs clay
319
-in an unknown language
317
-on a white glass vase
316
ydea
of Solomon
322
yiddeʿoni (a form of qesem)
250â251, 254
zodiac sign
48â49, 55â60, 64â65, 69, 71, 77, 79, 80â83, 86â88, 94, 203, 205â206, 210â211, 223, 226, 228, 230â231, 236â239, 246, 248, 293