Semiphoras and Schemhamphorash
Semiphoras and Schemhamphorash is the title of an occult or magic text of Jewish provenance, published in German by in 1686. It was based on the earlier Latin text, Liber Semiphoras attributed to Solomon, which Luppius augmented heavily with passages from Agrippa's De occulta philosophia and other sources.
Manuscripts
Manuscripts include Kassel, Univ. Bibl., 4° astron, Halle ULB 14-B-36, fols. 244-249, 346, and 377v. Also CLM 51, Archivio di Stato di Venezia Sant'Uffizio, b.93 titled Occultissimorum Liber, Cornell 4600 Bd. ms. 150 pp. 1-4. British Library Sloane ms. 3846 in English, Sloane ms. 3826, and Sloane ms. 3318.Availability of the German and English translations
E.M. Butler noted that the German translation appeared in J. C. Horst, Zauberbibliothek. The German text was later published by Johann Scheible in his Das Kloster,, and later included in his edition of the so-called Das sechste und siebente Buch Mosis, Achtente, sehr vermehrte Auflage, New York: Wm. Radde, 1865. An English translation based on Luppius is included in Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses Peterson 2008 pp. 141-168.Appearances in lists of grimoires
The title was also mentioned among grimoires by authors such as Johannes Hartlieb.Meaning of the title
The title seems to be a Latinization of the Kabbalistic term Shem HaMephorash, meaning "the explicit name" of God,as opposed to the many descriptive names such as "the Almighty."
Parallels to the ''Liber Salomonis''
"The Seven Semiphoras of Adam" and "The Seven Semiphoras of Moses" closely match book 7 of the Liber Salomonis.Impact
Trithemius mentions it as one of his sources for his Steganographia.It was also drawn on heavily by Agrippa in his book On Occult Philosophy on which see the new edition by V. Perrone Compagni.