An Akkadian Demon in the Talmud:

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" An Akkadian Demon in the Talmud: "
Avigail Manekin Bamberger

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075231
Doc. No	:	LA118860
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340381‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Avigail Manekin Bamberger
Title & Author	:	An Akkadian Demon in the Talmud: [Article] : Between Šulak and Bar-Širiqa\ Avigail Manekin Bamberger
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	44/2
Page No	:	282–287
Abstract	:	This article examines the resemblance between the Talmudic privy demon (“Shed Bet ha-Kise”) and Šulak, a well-known Akkadian demon. There are four considerations that point to identifying the privy demon of the Talmud with the Babylonian demon Šulak: (1) They both dwell in the privy; (2) they both are demons that cause epilepsy, strokes, or sudden falls; (3) they both seem to have the form of a lion; and (4) their names (“Šulak” and “Bar Širiqa”) are very similar. This suggestion is yet another example of the presence of beliefs and opinions from the Ancient Near East that found an echo in the Babylonian Talmud, one that may be added to a number of examples given by M. Geller. This article examines the resemblance between the Talmudic privy demon (“Shed Bet ha-Kise”) and Šulak, a well-known Akkadian demon. There are four considerations that point to identifying the privy demon of the Talmud with the Babylonian demon Šulak: (1) They both dwell in the privy; (2) they both are demons that cause epilepsy, strokes, or sudden falls; (3) they both seem to have the form of a lion; and (4) their names (“Šulak” and “Bar Širiqa”) are very similar. This suggestion is yet another example of the presence of beliefs and opinions from the Ancient Near East that found an echo in the Babylonian Talmud, one that may be added to a number of examples given by M. Geller.
Descriptor	:	Ancient Near East
Descriptor	:	Babylonian Talmud
Descriptor	:	Jewish magic
Descriptor	:	Rabbinic literature
Descriptor	:	Šulak
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12340381‬