Shai Secunda, Author at סגולה

Book Review | Demonic Desires

The lustful demon of the Babylonian Talmud gamely withstands all scholarly attempts at rehabilitation Shai Secunda Demonic Desires“Yetzer Hara” and the Problem of Evil in Late Antiquity Ishay Rosen-ZviUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 2011, 280 pages...

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Issue 10 | April 2012

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Book Review | Maimonides in His World

Shai Secunda

Shai Secunda Maimonides in His WorldPortrait of a Mediterranean Thinker Sarah StroumsaPrinceton University Press 2009 Faced with a sophisticated yet uncomplicated gadget, the New York Times’ review of the iPad™ offers two assessments side...

The Fire of Faith – Zoroastrianism

Shai Secunda

In the Persian Empire of the book of Esther, the Gnostic fire worship of the Zoroastrian faith reigned supreme. The meeting of Persian and Jewish cultures generated mutual influences as well as sparks of confrontation...

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Issue 9 | February 2012

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The Fire of Faith – Zoroastrianism

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