Considered the essential work on demonology for centuries, the terrible text was penned in 1487 by a Dominican friar named Heinrich Kramer and carried the title Malleus Maleficarum, meaning “The ...

One of the more surprising voices in this realm is Rabbi Ovadia Sforno, the famously concise 16th-century scholar and physician. In a rare move, Sforno spends considerable time describing the nature ...