Dr.
Gal
Sofer
- Department of the Arts
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
English, Hebrew
- Humanities Comparative Religion, History, Jewish Studies
- Fields: Comparative Religion, History, Jewish Studies
- Jewish Studies Sub-Fields: Jewish History, Jewish Mysticism
- Comparative Religion Sub-Fields: Religion Studies
- History Sub-Fields: History of Religion, History of Science, Medieval History
- Research Keywords: Christian Kabbalah, Demonology, History of Magic, Kabbalah, Renaissance Studies, Western Esotericism
Research Interests
My research centers on magic and Kabbalah from the late Middle Ages through the modern era, with a particular emphasis on the transmission and transformation of knowledge across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
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