The Untitled History Podcast

Episode 19: Demonology and the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Untitled History Podcast

Show Notes

The period of the Second Temple was a time of cultural change for Jewish communities, including in how they regarded concepts such as magic and demons. But evidence for what that meant on the ground was limited until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946, and the wealth of scholarship that followed.

The picture painted is of a society looking to understand how the world, and the beliefs of other cultures around them, should be considered in relation to the Hebrew bible and beyond.

Guest Tupá Guerra is a Brazilian historian specializing in demons on the Dead Sea Scrolls, with a PhD from the University of Birmingham - UK. Tupá is also a public historian and has been recording podcasts since 2015, mostly in Portuguese.

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