The Witch of Ein Dor
Hosted by Hillel of Buffalo
Thursday, March 12 , 2019 at 7 –8PM
Hillel of Buffalo
520 Lee Entrance, UB Commons Suite 210, Amherst, New York 14228
Presented by Professor Sharonah Fredrick: UB professor Spanish & Portuguese languages & Latin American Culture Romance Languages and Literature.
One of the most problematic passages from the bible occurs during the reign of the first Israelite King, where a sorceress is called upon by King Saul to raise the spirit of the Prophet Samuel. Who was she, and how do her powers reflect attitudes towards magic in the Kabbalah? How did that reflect, or at times contradict, Biblical injunctions against the “dark arts”?