Sleutelpublicaties
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.
Publicaties
2023
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
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
van Eijnatten, J., & Saar, O.-P. (2023). Mining Angels in Jewish and Coptic Magic Texts. Paper presented at DH Benelux 2023, Brussels, Belgium. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7949674
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Saar, O.-P., Cherkashina, A., & Cherkashin, D. (2022). Syriac Spells for a Mill and Their Historical Context. Scrinium, 18, 49-84. https://doi.org/10.1163/18177565-bja10062
Saar, O. P. (2022). Cursing beyond the Grave: Imprecations and Jewish Funerary Culture in Antiquity. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Saar, O. P. (2022). Jewish Magical Practices. In O. Leaman (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Jewish Ritual and Practice Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003032823-43
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Saar, O. P. (2021). Jewish Curse Tablets? Religion in the Roman Empire, 7(1), 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1628/rre-2021-0011
Saar, O.-P. (2021). The PEACE Portal - Revisiting the Sea of Stone. 1-21. Paper presented at DH Benelux 2021, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4889489
Saar, O. P. (2021). PEACE: The Portal of Jewish Funerary Culture. 1-2. Paper presented at #DHJewish: Jewish Studies in the Digital Age, Luxembourg. https://doi.org/10.26226/morressier.5fd8d8c83d762219be34f4fb
Saar, O. P. (2021). Review of Michael Blömer and Rubina Raja, Funerary Portraiture in Greater Roman Syria. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2021/2021.03.09/
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
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). Review of Christopher A. Faraone, The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times. Ancient West & East, 19, 381-383. https://doi.org/10.2143/AWE.19.0.3288569
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Saar, O. P. (2019). Review of Yuval Harari, Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah. Journal for the Study of Judaism, 51(4), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700631-12505003
Saar, O. P. (2019). Review of Karen B. Stern, Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Forgotten Jews of Antiquity. Sehepunkte, 19(2). http://www.sehepunkte.de/2019/02/32183.html
Saar, O. P. (2019). Genizah Magical Documents. Jewish History, 32(2-4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10835-019-09322-6
Vakpublicaties
Saar, O. P. (2019). Fire Symbolism in Late-Antique and Medieval Jewish Love Magic. Groniek, 220, 311-321.
2018
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Saar, O. P. (2015). Incantations, Judaism. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception De Gruyter. http://www.degruyter.com/view/EBR/MainLemma_14338
Saar, O. P. (2015). Review of Shaul Shaked et al., Aramaic Bowl Spells vol. 1. Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 110(4-5), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.1515/olzg-2015-0132
Saar, O. P., & Bohak, G. (2015). Genizah Magical Texts Prepared for or against Named Individuals. Revue des études Juives, 174(1), 77-110. http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=3082879&journal_code=REJ
Saar, O.-P. (2015). A Study in Conceptual Parallels: Graeco-Roman Binding Spells and Babylonian Incantation Bowls. Aramaic Studies, 13(1), 24-53. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/17455227-01301004
2014
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Saar, O. P. (2014). Review of Michael D. Swartz, The Signifying Creator: Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism. Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman period, 45(1), 140-141. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15700631-12340049?showFullText=pdf
Saar, O. P. (2014). A Genizah Magical Fragment and Its European Parallels. The journal of Jewish studies, 65(2), 1-26. http://www.jjs-online.net/archives/article/3182
2013
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Saar, O. P. (2013). Review of Grazia Maria Masselli, Riflessi di magia: virtù e virtuosismi della parola in Roma antica. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2013.05.29. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-05-29.html
Saar, O. P. (2013). וישרוף לבו עליה: מוטיב השריפה במגיית האהבה מגניזת קהיר (May His Heart Burn after Her: The Motif of Fire in
Love Spells from the Cairo Genizah). Pe'amim, 133-134, 209-239. https://www.academia.edu/3645347/The_Motif_of_Fire_in_Love_Spells_from_the_Cairo_Genizah_in_Hebrew_
Saar, O. P. (2013). An Incantation Bowl for Sowing Discord. Journal of Semitic Studies, 58(2), 241-256. http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/2/241.full.pdf+html
2010
Populariserende publicaties
Saar, O. P. (2010). Some Observations on Jewish Love Magic: The Importance of Cultural Specificity. Societas Magica Newsletter, 24(2), 1-4. http://www.societasmagica.org/userfiles/files/Newsletters/docs/SMN_Fall_2010_Issue_24.pdf
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
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Fischer, M., & Saar, O. P. (2007). A Magical Mirror Plaque from Yavneh Yam. Israel Exploration Journal, 57(1), 83-86. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27927157
Saar, O. P. (2007). Success, Protection and Grace: Three Fragments of a Personalized Magical Handbook. Ginzei Qedem, 3, 101*-135*. https://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwif2Ii2h6LKAhWF-w4KHUtHDDcQFgggMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ybz.org.il%2F_Uploads%2FdbsArticles%2F2e.pdf&usg=AFQjCNElWEjQozkMpPQnh5SfK42eWpU45g&sig2=-2vaFMvgoyAI1ByMKrO0VA