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The Ars Almadel occupies an unusual position within the textual world later gathered under the title Lemegeton or Lesser Key of Solomon. Unlike the more notorious Goetia, the Almadel tradition is oriented principally toward angelic contact through a portable ritual altar, sacred names,…
This article examines the contrasting styles and theological meanings of baptism in the Books of Jeu and in contemporary Christian practice. Preserved in the Coptic Bruce Codex, the Books of Jeu present a distinctive late ancient Christian ritual system in which Jesus directs…
The Ethiopic tradition of the Book of Jubilees represents one of the most significant examples of ancient Jewish literature preserved within an African Christian manuscript tradition. While Jubilees originated within Second Temple Judaism, its survival primarily through Geʽez manuscripts demonstrates the complex movement…