The mechanics of providence : the workings of ancient Jewish magic and mysticism /

"The phenomena we call magic and mysticism had a profound effect on the shaping of Judaism in late antiquity. In this volume, Michael D. Swartz offers a wide-ranging study of the purposes, world-views, ritual dynamics, literary forms, and social settings of ancient Jewish magic and mysticism an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swartz, Michael D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2018]
Colección:Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ; 172.
Temas:
586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jewish magic.
Magic in rabbinical literature.
Mysticism > Judaism > History.
Cabala > History.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Magie juive.
Magie dans la littérature rabbinique.
Mysticisme > Judaïsme > Histoire.
Kabbale > Histoire.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 586 av. J.-C.-210 (Période postexilique)
Cabala.
Judaism > Post-exilic period (Judaism)
Mysticism > Judaism.
Hekhalot > Liturgy > Genizah > Merkavah > Rabbinics > Antike > Antike Religionsgeschichte > Mittelalter
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The phenomena we call magic and mysticism had a profound effect on the shaping of Judaism in late antiquity. In this volume, Michael D. Swartz offers a wide-ranging study of the purposes, world-views, ritual dynamics, literary forms, and social settings of ancient Jewish magic and mysticism and their function in religion and history. Based on the author's studies over the past few decades, he proposes innovative methods for the study of these two phenomena. The author focuses especially on the rituals of early Jewish magic and mysticism, their social contexts, and the textual dimension of this complex literature. He also offers introductions to these phenomena. Michael D. Swartz argues that the authors of these texts employed intricate technologies, literary and artistic forms, and physical practices to negotiate between the values and world-views of their cultures and the texture of everyday life."--
Notas:Revised from previously published studies from 1992 to 2013. See Preface, page [ix] and Acknowledgements, pages xii-xiii.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages ): illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783161566820
3161566823
ISSN:0721-8753 ;

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