Dybbuks and Jewish Women in Social History, Mysticism and Folklore.

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How and why a person comes to be possessed by a dybbuk-the possession of a living body by the soul of a deceased person-and what consequences ensue from such possession, form the subject of this book. Though possession by a dybbuk has traditionally been understood as punishment for a terrible sin, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elior, Rachel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Urim Publications, 2008.
Temas:
Dybbuk.
Jewish women > Social conditions > History.
Mysticism > Judaism.
Jews > Folklore.
Jewish women > Social conditions.
Dibbouk.
Juives > Conditions sociales.
Mysticisme > Judaïsme.
Juifs > Folklore.
Dybbuk
Jewish women > Social conditions
Jews
Mysticism > Judaism
Folklore
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Note on Translations; I. "Like Sophia and Marcelle and Lizzie"; II. Speaking Voices, Silencing Worlds, Silenced Voices; a. Introduction; b. The Societal Background for the Phenomenon of the Dybbuk in the Traditional World of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries; c. Contexts for the Dybbuk; d. The Dybbuk in the Public Arena; e. The Dybbuk and Witchcraft; f. Spirits in the Exorcism Ceremony; g. Kabbalistic Background; h. Exorcism and Unification: Between Expulsion of the Dybbuk and the Wedding Ceremony.
  • I. Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk)
  • S. An-skyIndex; About the Author.

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