The Sword of Moses

Traditions

Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah Grimoires and ritual magic

Role in the tradition

Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.

Public attention

Notable Wikipedia has an article about it in 5 languages.

• Gaster's translation ↗ esotericarchives.com checked September 11, 2026

The Sword of Moses is an apocryphal Aramaic–Hebrew book of magic, written or compiled by an anonymous Jew sometime before the 11th century, probably in Byzantine or early Muslim Palestine.

From the Wikipedia article The Sword of Moses, revision 1349827093, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q7767765: “apocryphal book of ancient Hebrew magic”.