Measuring the strength of belief in the supernatural entities in the Babylonian Talmud. A method based on the Elyonim veTachtonim project

IF 0.7 0 RELIGION Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI:10.1177/20503032231199491

Wojciech Kosior

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Abstract

This paper offers a technique for assessing the strength of belief in the traditions involving supernatural entities (angels, demons, ghosts, and monsters) present in the Babylonian Talmud. The method is based on the appreciation of the formal features of the text (genre, language, attribution, etc.) in the theoretical and technical framework of the Elyonim veTachtonim project and allows to grade relatively the perceived reality of particular accounts. The analysis of the quantitative data shows that these are the traditions about the demons, which are usually provided in the form of pragmatic recommendations transmitted in Aramaic and featuring the Babylonian sages. This allows us to infer that the demons appeared to the final redactors (i.e., the Stammaim) as the most real among the supernatural entities: they were presented as posing real danger and as demanding adequate means of action.

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衡量对巴比伦塔木德中超自然实体的信仰的力量。一种基于Elyonim veTachtonim项目的方法

本文提供了一种评估巴比伦塔木德中涉及超自然实体(天使、恶魔、鬼魂和怪物)的传统信仰强度的技术。该方法基于在Elyonim veTachtonim项目的理论和技术框架中对文本的形式特征(体裁、语言、归属等)的欣赏，并允许对特定帐户的感知现实进行相对评分。定量数据的分析表明，这些是关于恶魔的传统，通常以实用的建议形式提供，以阿拉姆语传播，并以巴比伦圣贤为特色。这让我们可以推断，在最终编者(即stamaim)看来，恶魔是超自然实体中最真实的:它们被呈现为构成真正的危险，并要求采取适当的行动手段。

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Critical Research on Religion RELIGION-

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期刊介绍： Critical Research on Religion is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies, as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature. A critical approach examines religious phenomena according to both their positive and negative impacts. It draws on methods including but not restricted to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxism, post-structuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, post-colonialism, ecocriticism, and queer studies. The journal seeks to enhance an understanding of how religious institutions and religious thought may simultaneously serve as a source of domination and progressive social change. It attempts to understand the role of religion within social and political conflicts. These conflicts are often based on differences of race, class, ethnicity, region, gender, and sexual orientation – all of which are shaped by social, political, and economic inequity. The journal encourages submissions of theoretically guided articles on current issues as well as those with historical interest using a wide range of methodologies including qualitative, quantitative, and archival. It publishes articles, review essays, book reviews, thematic issues, symposia, and interviews.