Zsom, Dóra (2026) Magic Squares in the Hebrew Manuscripts of the Kaufmann Collection. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 79 (2). pp. 329-350. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
The paper reviews the metaphysical symbolism and the practical effects attributed to magic squares in Chinese, Muslim, and Jewish traditions. It surveys the Hebrew manuscripts preserved in the Kaufmann Collection of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and studies the context, the rationale, and the modus operandi of the squares in them, taking into consideration primarily Muslim antecedents and parallels. It examines whether the symbolic background and the metaphysical content associated with the squares are manifest in the texts, or deducible from the context, or whether these aspects are completely obscured and ignored.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | magic square; Kaufmann Collection; Hebrew manuscripts |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > DS Asia / Ázsia P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2026 09:14 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2026 09:14 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/243036 |
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