Ca' Foscari University of Venice - Research fellowship for specific project: Licit and Illicit Ritual in Jewish and Christian Magical Traditions

The research fellow will be part of the ERC project, ‘Early Jewish and Christian Magical Traditions
in Comparison and Contact’ and will focus on notions of licit and illicit ritual in late antique Jewish and
Christian magical traditions. The research fellow will select a series of cases in order to explore this dimension of early Jewish and Christian magical practice, illuminating from a comparative perspective Jewish and Christian approaches to illicit rituals in lived religion. If the Covid-19-pandemic will allow travels, the research fellow will spend long working periods in Israel, US and other countries in order to examine the major finds and to consult with international experts. It is expected that the successful candidate will produce a peer-reviewed publication by the end of the 12-month-period. Upon annual approval, the research fellowship can be renewed up to a maximum of 36 months.