Read on Twitter
It's been about six month since my first twitter thread, a good occasion to collect all of them in one place. A thread of threads: 1/13
First up was a thread in response to the televangelist Kenneth Copeland cursing Covid-19, in which I situated him within the history of Jewish and Christian magic. 2/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1245167585437650944
Next was a long thread on the history of the Passover Haggadah, composed as I was preparing an article for publication (thread on the now accepted article at a future date!). 3/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1246834854332948481
A short thread on the construction and deployment of "Jews" in early Christian texts followed. 4/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1249761177477042177
A few threads on Jewish and Christian magic were up next. The first was on Jewish magical handbooks in antiquity to the middle ages. 5/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1251904793603383296
This was followed by a discussion of a particularly fascinating set of spells related to memory and the acquisition of religious knowledge. 6/13
https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1254390507125563394
https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1254390507125563394
A short fun pedagogy thread on the creative projects the students in my Jewish Magic class produced (stay tuned for a related pedagogy post on @ancientjew by the inimitable @KristaNDalton !). 7/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1255258892302520326
On the use of biblical verses in Jewish magic, with some fascinating rabbinic texts. 8/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1259463959125602304
On the history of the shrine of Esther and Mordechai in Hamadan, Iran in light of an arson attack against it. 9/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1263157772926857216
On the beautiful and informative Jewish and Christian seals from the Sasanian Empire. 10/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1273982692246171649
In light of the #Hebrews #Jews controversy, a history of communities identifying as Hebrews/Jews. 11/13
https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1283454089238642688
https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1283454089238642688
A short thread on institutional thinking in the study of ancient Judaism. 12/13 https://twitter.com/Simcha_Gross/status/1256917610475794432
More threads to follow in the near future! 13/fin
