Acha ben Jacob`

A Talmudic Sage, folk healer, and exorcist (ca. fourth-century). He was tricked into exorcising a demon from Abbaye's house.

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References

Sources

  • Dennis, Rabbi Geoffrey W. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism. Woodbury: Llewellyn Publications.
  • Kiddushin 29b; B.B. 75b.