Abstract
The study of magic in the Genizah carries with it benefits both for the study of the Genizah and for the study of magic. For students of the Genizah, the study of magic makes for a more complete picture of religion in a religious age,1 one that shows how Jewish medieval Mediterranean Jewish culture encompassed unauthorized ritual practices and beliefs and used them for the needs of individuals. For the study of magic, the Genizah offers an unusual opportunity to see how various genres of magical texts, such as magical handbooks and amulets for active use, interact. Because the Genizah includes such a vast variety of documents, magical texts appear not in isolation, but as a component of a complex society and culture. The past two decades have seen the publication of many of the most important magical texts from the Genizah.2 However, necessary process of comparing, analyzing, understanding, and placing those fragments into the larger historical and phenomenological framework of Judaism and Mediterranean religions in late antiquity and the Middle Ages is in its beginning stages.3 Analysis of magical texts from the Cairo Genizah
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