Another Arabic Version of Sefer ha-Razim and Ḥarba de-Moše: A New Sifr Ādam Manuscript

Another Arabic Version of Sefer ha-Razim and Ḥarba de-Moše: A New Sifr Ādam Manuscript

Dóra Zsom (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)

Abstract

This article describes a new manuscript of Sifr Ādam (The Book of Adam) found by Professor Alexander Fodor  in Cairo shortly before his sudden death in 2014. It is a different version of the work another manuscript of which he acquired in 1973.  The structure, form and contents of this manuscript are compared to those parts of MS 1973 which were published by Fodor  in two articles (in 2006 and 2011).

Keywords

Sifr Ādam, Sefer ha-Razim, Arabic magical works, Jewish magical works