The present volume is based on lectures delivered at a symposium organized by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities on the occasion of the eightieth birthday of Professor Shaul Shaked.

Contents: Michael Shenkar, ‘The Scholarly Oeuvre of Shaul Shaked, 1: Shaul Shaked and the Study of Zoroastrianism’; Ofir Haim, ‘The Scholarly Oeuvre of Shaul Shaked, 2: Shaul Shaked and the Study of Judeo-Persian’; Yuval Harari, ‘The Scholarly Oeuvre of Shaul Shaked, 3: Shaul Shaked on Jewish Magic’; Moshe Idel, ‘From Iran to Qumran and Beyond: On the Evil Thought of God’; Gideon Bohak, ‘Babylonian Jewish Magic in Late Antiquity: Beyond the Incantation Bowls’; Geoffrey Herman, ‘Holy Relics in Mata Meḥasya: Christians and Jews after the Muslim Conquest of Babylonia’; Sara Sviri, ‘Questions and Answers: A Literary Dialogue between al-Ḥakῑm al-Tirmidhῑ and Ibn al-ꜤArabῑ’; Julia Rubanovich, ‘The Medieval Persian Author on Guard: In Defense of Authorship’; Shaul Shaked: Principal Publications.