Highlighted publications
Saar, O. P. (2017). Jewish Love Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. (Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity; Vol. 6). Brill.
Saar, O. P., Bhayro, S., Levene, D., & Ford, J. N. (2018). Aramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin: Descriptive List and Edition of Selected Texts. (Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity; Vol. 7). Brill.
Rutgers, L. V., & Saar, O. P. (Eds.) (2023). Letters in the Dust: The Epigraphy and Archaeology of Medieval Jewish Cemeteries. (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion; Vol. 23). Peeters.
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2023
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Saar, O.-P. (2023). Gender and the Mesopotamian Incantation Bowls. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Saar, O.-P. (2023). Men, Women and Children? Some Gender Aspects in Mesopotamian Incantation Bowls. Manuscript submitted for publication. In A. Warren, & J. S. Mokhtarian (Eds.), The Aramaic Incantation Bowls in Their Late Antique Jewish Contexts (Brown Judaic Studies). Brown University.
Saar, O.-P. (2023). Sensorial Aspects of Jewish Funerary Culture in Late Antiquity. Paper presented at European Association of Jewish Studies (EAJS) 12th Congress, Frankfurt, Germany.
Saar, O.-P., & van Eijnatten, J. (2023).
Computing Angel Names in Jewish Magic. Paper presented at ADHO Digital Humanities Conference 2023, Graz, Austria.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148465 Saar, O. P. (2023). Cruel and Unusual: Atypical Demise in Jewish Funerary Inscriptions. In O.-P. Saar, & L. Rutgers (Eds.), Letters in the Dust: The Epigraphy and Archaeology of Medieval Jewish Cemeteries (pp. 65-96). (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion; Vol. 23). Peeters.
Saar, O. P. (Accepted/In press). Lives of Jews in Italy: From the 2nd to the 11th Century. Brill.
Rutgers, L. V., & Saar, O. P. (Eds.) (2023). Letters in the Dust: The Epigraphy and Archaeology of Medieval Jewish Cemeteries. (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion; Vol. 23). Peeters.
2022
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Saar, O. P. (2022). Cursing beyond the Grave: Imprecations and Jewish Funerary Culture in Antiquity. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Saar, O. P. (2022). The Materiality of Ancient Magic. Manuscript submitted for publication. In E. Eidinow, & R. Gordon (Eds.), A Cultural History of Magic. Vol. 1: Antiquity (The Cultural History Series). Bloomsbury.
Saar, O. P. (2022). Le iscrizioni giudaiche da Bari. Manuscript submitted for publication. In Inscriptiones Medii Aevi Italiae (IMAI) (Centro italiano di studi sull'alto medioevo (CISAM); Vol. 5)..
2021
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Saar, O. P. (2021).
Book Review: Attilio Mastrocinque, Joseph E. Sanzo, and Marianna Scapini (eds.), Ancient Magic: Then and Now (Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 74), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2020. 451 pages, 53 b/w illustrations. ISBN 978-3-515-12796-7 (Print), ISB.
Scripta Classica Israelica,
40, 213-215.
https://scriptaclassica.org/index.php/sci/article/view/5877 Saar, O. P., & Bhayro, S. (Eds.) (2021). A Handbook of Ancient and Medieval Jewish Magic. Brill.
2020
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Saar, O. P. (Author). (2020).
PEACE: Portal of Epigraphy, Archaeology, Conservation and Education on Jewish Funerary Culture. Web publication/site, Utrecht University.
https://peace.sites.uu.nl/ Saar, O. P. (2020).
Calendars: Jewish Traditions and Practices in the Medieval World. In M. Heiduk, K. Herbers, & H.-C. Lehner (Eds.),
Prognostication in the Medieval World: A Handbook (pp. 633-635). (De Gruyter Reference). De Gruyter.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499773-035 Saar, O. P. (2020).
Divination and Prognostication in the Cairo Genizah. In M. Heiduk, K. Herbers, & H.-C. Lehner (Eds.),
Prognostication in the Medieval World: A Handbook (pp. 746-751). (De Gruyter Reference). De Gruyter.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499773-047 2019
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Professional publications
Saar, O. P. (2019). Fire Symbolism in Late-Antique and Medieval Jewish Love Magic. Groniek, 220, 311-321.
2018
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Saar, O. P., & Peled, I. (2018). Spells for Separation from Mesopotamia to the Cairo Genizah (in preparation). Manuscript in preparation.
Saar, O. P. (2018). A New Textual Witness to BT Berakhot 17a and 58b in an Epitaph from Italy. Manuscript in preparation.
Saar, O. P. (2018). Emotions in Late-Antique Jewish Epitaphs: Palestine and the Diaspora. Manuscript in preparation.
Saar, O. P., Bhayro, S., Levene, D., & Ford, J. N. (2018). Aramaic Magic Bowls in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin: Descriptive List and Edition of Selected Texts. (Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity; Vol. 7). Brill.
Saar, O. P. (2018). Mesopotamian Double-Jar Burials and Incantation Bowls. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 138(4), 863-873.
2017
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Saar, O. P. (2017). Jewish Love Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. (Magical and Religious Literature of Late Antiquity; Vol. 6). Brill.
2016
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Saar, O. P. (2016).
Review of Antonio E. Felle and Anita Rocco (eds.), Off the Beaten Track: Epigraphy at the Borders, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.12.30. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, (2016.12.30).
http://www.bmcreview.org/2016/12/20161230.html 2015
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2014
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2013
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2010
Popularising publications
Saar, O. P. (2010). Magic in the Cairo Genizah. In F. Vukosavovic (Ed.), Angels and Demons: Jewish Magic through the Ages (pp. 146). Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem.
Saar, O. P. (2010). Jewish Magic in Eretz-Israel during Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Period. In F. Vukosavovic (Ed.), Angels and Demons: Jewish Magic through the Ages (pp. 16-21). Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem.
2007
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