Which Old Testament prophet was summoned by the Witch of Endor?
Witch of Endor Witch of Endor In the Hebrew Bible, the Witch of Endor is a woman who summons the prophet Samuel's spirit, at the demand of King Saul of the Kingdom of Israel in the 28th chapter of the "First Book of Samuel". The witch is absent from the version of that event recounted in the deuterocanonical "Book of Sirach" (46:19–20). She is called in Biblical Hebrew אֵ֥שֶׁת בַּֽעֲלַת־אֹ֖וב בְּעֵ֥ין דֹּֽור ("’êšeṯ ba‘ălaṯ-’ōḇ bə-‘Êndōr"), "a woman, possessor of an "’ōḇ" at Endor". The word אֹ֖וב "’ōḇ" has been suggested by Harry Hoffner to refer to a ritual pit for summoning the dead
Witch of Endor the deceased was summoned hears the voice but fails to see anything. Antoine Augustin Calmet briefly mentioned the witch of Endor in his "Traité sur les apparitions des esprits et sur les vampires ou les revenans de Hongrie, de Moravie, &c." (1759): The Church Fathers and some modern Christian writers have debated the theological issues raised by this text. The story of King Saul and the Witch of Endor would appear at first sight to affirm that it is possible (though forbidden) for humans to summon the spirits of the dead by magic. In the Septuagint (2nd century BC) the