Literature

Current publications on Jewish horror and the history of emotions in premodern Judaism

Briata, Ilaria. “The Extreme Sacrifice of a Cannibal Mother in the Siege of Jerusalem.” Henoch 2025, forthcoming.

––. “Viaggi ebraici all’inferno: una breve storia transculturale.” In Viaggi ebraici. Tra esperienza del mondo e dell’abisso, edited by Roberta Ascarelli, Paola Bellomi, Julio Perèz-Ugena. Milano: Mimesis, 2025, 15–35. Fulltext.

––. “Demons and Scatology: Cursed Toilets and Haunted Baths in Late Antique Judaism.” In Demons in Early Judaism and Christianity. Characters and Characteristics, edited by Hector M. Patmore and Josef Lössl. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022, 256–272. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004518148_014.

––. “Repentance through Fear: Cosmic and Body Horror in Sheveṭ Musar.” European Journal of Jewish Studies 14 (2020): 264–84. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1872471X-BJA10016.

––. “¿Cuál madre a hijo comió? La storia di Maria di Eleazar nelle fonti spagnole e giudeo-spagnole.” Materia Giudaica 24 (2019): 161–71. Fulltext.

–– “Disgust, Ethics and Etiquette in the Rabbinic Tractates Derek Eres Rabbah and Zuta.” Materia Giudaica 23 (2018): 67–75. Fulltext.