Below are the material effects of the works conducted within the EvT project. These include papers, talks, seminars and supervised theses which utilize the contents of the inventory, rely on its classification system (both vanilla and modified) or simply convey the general presentation of the project to the broader audience.

If your work should appear here, please contact me.

Papers and chapters

• W. Kosior, Measuring the strength of belief in the supernatural entities in the Babylonian Talmud. A method based on the Elyonim veTachtonim project, "Critical Research on Religion" (0/2023).
• W. Kosior, The Angelized Rabbis and the Rabbinized Angels. The Reworked Motif of the Angelic Progeny in the Babylonian Talmud (bShabb 112b), "Verbum Vitae" vol. 41 (2/2023), p. 411-427.
• W. Kosior, “And Gabriel Kept on Writing” (Megilla 16a). Literary Features of Traditions Involving Supernatural Entities in the Babylonian Talmud according to the Elyonim veTachtonim Project, "The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series" vol. 16 (2/2022), p. 47-69.
• W. Kosior, The Application of Digital Humanities in Intercultural Studies on the Example of the Project Elyonim veTachtonim, Badania myśli pozaeuropejskiej w Polsce. Tradycje - stany rzeczy - projekty, ed. A. Czajko, Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UKSW 2022, p. 241-260.
• W. Kosior, “The Affair of Uzza and Azael” (b. Yoma 67b). The Creation of Demons and the Myth of the Fallen Angels in the Babylonian Talmud, “Henoch. Historical and Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Judaism and Christianity” vol. 43 (2/2021), p. 294–322.
  W. Kosior, “Six Things Are Said Concerning Demons” (Hagigah 16a). The System of Topic Tags Used in the Elyonim veTachtonim Inventory to Describe the Features of Supernatural Entities and Their Relationships with Humans, "The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series" vol. 13 (1/2021), p. 109–131.
• W. Kosior, The Adventures of Asmodeus the Demon and King Solomon according to the Babylonian Talmud (Gittin 68a-b). Translation and Commentary from the Perspective of Elyonim veTachtonim Project [Przygody demona Asmodeusza i króla Salomona według Talmudu babilońskiego (Gittin 68a–b). Przekład i komentarz z perspektywy projektu Elyonim veTachtonim], "The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series" vol. 11 (1/2020), p. 93–111.
• W. Kosior, Apotropaions in the Midrash on The Book of Jonah according to Pirke de-rabbi Eliezer. Introduction, Translation and Commentary [Apotropaiony w midraszu do Księgi Jonasza według Pirke de-rabbi Eliezer. Wstęp, przekład i komentarz], Zwyczaje i akcesoria apotropaiczne w cywilizacjach świata, eds. K. Kleczkowska, W. Kosior, A. Kuchta, I. Łataś, Kraków 2018, p. 35-51.
• W. Kosior, Elyonim veTachtonim. Some Methodological Considerations on the Electronic Database of Angels, Demons and Ghosts in Early Rabbinic Literature, "The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series" vol. 5 no. 1/2017, p. 89-112.
• W. Kosior, “Everyone has one thousand on the left and myriads on the right” (Berakhot 6a). Some Initial Remarks on the Rabbinic Imagination and the Demons of the Babylonian Talmud [in Polish: „Każdy ma ich tysiąc po lewej i miriady po prawej” (Berachot 6a). Kilka wstępnych uwag o rabinicznej wyobraźni i demonach Talmudu babilońskiego], "Światło i ciemność" t. VIII, eds. M. Rzeczycka, A. Świerzowska, I. Trzcińska, Gdańsk, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego 2017, p. 151-161.

Talks, conference presentations and public lectures

• A. Trubas, The Analysis of the Image of Satan against the Background of the Synoptic Descriptions of the Temptation Account [Analiza wizerunku Szatana na tle synoptycznych opisów kuszenia Jezusa na pustyni], conference: Mythical and Fantastical Beings in Religions and Cultures of the World, May 19th - 20th 2023, Cracow, Jagiellonian University (test recording).
• W. Kosior, The Echoes of the Apocryphal Myth of the Fallen Angels and the Birth of Demons in the Babylonian Talmud according to the Elyonim veTachtonim System [Echa apokryficznego mitu o upadku aniołów i narodzinach demonów w Talmudzie babilońskim z perspektywy systemu Elyonim veTachtonim], conference: „Od Księgi Henocha do Czwartej Księgi Sybillińskiej” Sympozjum upamiętniające życie i twórczość prof. dr hab. Ryszarda Rubinkiewicza, SDB (1939–2011), November 23rd - 24th 2022, Lublin, Catholic University of Lublin (test recording, for the session streaming go here).
• A. Trubas, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons” (Mark 3:22). The Typology of Jesus' Exorcisms in the New Testament Gospels ["Ma Belzebuba i przez władcę złych duchów wyrzuca złe duchy" (Mk 3, 22). Typologia egzorcyzmów Jezusa w Ewangeliach Nowego Testamentu], Conference: Magic Practices and Sorcery in World's Cultures [Praktyki magiczne i czarostwo w kulturach świata], Jagiellonian University, May 20th – 21st 2022, Cracow (test recording).
• W. Kosior, Angelic Faith, Demonic Knowledge and Rabbinic Imagination. The Minds of the Supernatural Entities according to the Babylonian Talmud, Conference: The Sixth International Congress of Religious Studies. Belief – Imagination – Knowledge. New Paths of Religious Studies in the 21st Century, Jagiellonian University, September 27th – October 1st 2021, Cracow (the test recording).
• W. Kosior, Digital humanities in the study of thought traditions. The Elyonim veTachtonim Project - Studies in Early Rabbinic Literature [Humanistyka cyfrowa w badaniach tradycji myślowych. Elyonim veTachtonim, projekt badań nad wczesną literaturą rabiniczną], Conference: The research on extra-European thinking in Poland: traditions - state of affairs – prospects [Badania myśli pozaeuropejskiej w Polsce. Tradycje – stan rzeczy – perspektywy], the Chair of Cultural Theory and Interculturality (Institute of Cultural and Religious Studies) of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), June 14th 2021 (the recording of the test version).
• W. Kosior, Measuring the Literary Horror of the Talmudic Accounts Involving the Supernatural Entities, PhilosophyCon 6: Metaphysical Horror conference, panel: "The (Not So) Dunwich Horrors", online, May 16th 2021 (see the video description for live recording and discussion).
• W. Kosior, Właściwości literackie Talmudu babilońskiego a realność przedstawionych w nim istot nadprzyrodzonych [Literary Properties of the Babylonian Talmud and the Reality of the Supernatural Entities], public lecture, Jewish Studies Section of Student’s Club of Inter-Epochal Historical Research, University of Warsaw, May 12th 2021.
• W. Kosior, "Cierpiał bardziej od Hioba" (Bawa batra 16a). Postać szatana w Talmudzie babilońskim ["His suffering was greater than Job's" (Bava Bathra 16a). The Figure of Satan in the Babylonian Talmud - on YouTube], public lecture in the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Philosophy, December 9th 2020.
• W. Kosior, Rola istot nadprzyrodzonych w pożyciu intymnym ludzi według Talmudu babilońskiego [The Role of the Supernatural Entities in Humans' Intimate Life according to the Babylonian Talmud - on YouTube], Ogólnopolska konferencja naukowa „Pasja, pożądanie, miłość. Interpretacje, paradygmaty, znaczenia, konteksty” [Conference "Passion, Desire, Love. Interpretations, Paradigms, Meanings, Contexts"], December 14th 2019, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Philology.
• W. Kosior, Elyonim veTachtonim – elektroniczna baza aniołów, demonów i duchów wczesnej literatury rabinicznej. Praktyczne i niepraktyczne zastosowanie projektu [Elyonim veTachtonim - Electronic inventory of angels, demons and ghosts in the early rabbinic literature. Practical and non-practical application of the project - on YouTube], Digital humanities lunch or: how to taste digital humanities [Digital humanities lunch albo: jak ugryźć humanistykę cyfrową] organized by Pracownia Metodologiczna IJP PAN in cooperation with Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, 27. October 2017, Kraków.
• W. Kosior, Upadłe anioły, giganci i bohaterowie. Semiotyczne transformacje protagonistów Rdz 6:1-7 w Elyonim veTachtonim – elektronicznej bazie aniołów, duchów i demonów wczesnej literatury rabinicznej [Fallen Angels, Giants and Heroes. Semiotic Transformations of the Protagonists of Genesis 6:1-7 in Elyonim veTachtonim - the Electronic Inventory of Angels, Ghosts and Demons of the Early Rabbinic Literature], Cultures in Movement: Migrations, Transfers, Epistemologies. 3rd Meeting of the Polish Association of Cultural Studies, 21-23. September 2017, Poznań.
• W. Kosior, The World of Supernatural Entities according to Elyonim veTachtonim – Electronic Inventory of Angels, Demons and Ghosts in the Early Rabbinic Literature, European Academy of Religion, Ex Nihilo Zero Conference, 18-22. June 2017, Bologna.
• W. Kosior, “Arrow in the Eye of Satan” (bSukkah 38a). Apotropaic Customs and Paraphernalia in the Elyonim veTachtonim Electronic Inventory of Angels, Demons and Ghosts in the Early Rabbinic Literature, II Demonological Conference: Deliver Us from Evil... Apotropaic Customs and Objects in the Civilisations of the World, 5-7. May 2017, Cracow.
• W. Kosior, “Ten Things Were Created On the Eve of the Sabbath at Twilight” (bPes 54a). The Variants of Demonogony in the Elyonim veTachtonim Inventory of Angels and Demons, II International Conference. Mythical Cosmos: Creation of the World, 16-17. March 2017, Cracow.
• W. Kosior, “If the eye had the power to see them…” Imaginary F(r)iends and Metaphorical Tools of Influence in the Early Rabbinic Demonology, Imaginatio et Actio. Imagination in Esoteric Traditions, 20-21. October 2016, Cracow.

Courses and seminars

Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations:

• Thematic Seminar: Supernatural Creatures - a Cognitive Perspective
• Angels in the Three Monotheisms
• Satan in Abrahamic Religions

Grants

• 2021 - 2022 - The Construction of the Database of the Supernatural Entities in the Hebrew Bible using the System of the Elyonim veTachtonim Project (Excellence Initiative, [H.1.12.2020] MiniGRANTY POB Heritage)
• 2019 - now - The Supernatural Entities and Their Relationships with Humans according to the Babylonian Talmud from the Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives (National Science Centre, Poland, Sonata 14, registration no. 2018/31/D/HS1/00513).
• 2016 - 2017 - The Demonology of the Hebrew Bible and Early Rabbinic Literature (Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Philosophy, Junior Researcher Grant).

Supervised theses

• M. Frąk, The Archangels of the First Book of Enoch from the Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives, [BA thesis], Kraków 2022.
• J. Miążek, Sea Monsters in the Hebrew Bible from the Perspective of Mircea Eliade’s Aquatic Symbolism. A Quantitative and Qualitative Study, [BA thesis], Kraków 2022.
• P. Grzywna, Analiza kulturoznawcza właściwości postaci w pierwszym bestiariuszu do Dungeons & Dragons [Cultural Analysis of Characters' Features in the First Dungeons & Dragons' Bestiary], [BA thesis], Kraków 2020.
• A. Korzonek, "Nie wybieram złych mężczyzn - to oni wybierają mnie." Analiza męskich cech promowanych przez media na podstawie serialu Seks w Wielkim Mieście ["I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me.” An analysis of men's features promoted by the media based on the "Sex and the City" series], [MA thesis], Kraków 2018.