MO 10 Cultural Artifact

MO 10 Cultural Artifact Author’s Name Institution Course Name Instructor’s Name Due Date MO 10 Cultural Artifact An image of the Evil Eye in Judaism (Drutman, 2018) Brief Description of the Artifact Ayin Hara is a name in Judaism that refers to the evil eye. People use it to refer to envy or jealousy, which can cause illness, harm, or misfortune. Even though people acknowledge that they cannot touch Ayin Hara, they have used physical artifacts to represent it. The people in Judaism believe that some people can cause misfortune or harm only by having envious looks or directing negative energy toward other people. The evil eye is regarded in Judaism as a destructive force that can make the people who attract unwanted admiration or attention suffer. In Judaism, people have been using some protection measures such as Hamsa, which they wore in their homes and hung in their cars as a measure to protect themselves from the evil eye. Cultural and Historical Context of the Artifact The evil eye concept has deep roots in Judaism, traced back to the rabbinic period when people believed that people could project harmful energy onto other individuals through envy and jealousy. In early societies, individuals thought the human eye had the power to emit both positive and negative energy. Even though this concept has not been explicitly referred to in the Hebrew Bible, some rabbinic literature, such...