Jewish magic and superstition : a study in folk religion /
A classic treatise, available now for the first time in paperback, on the folk beliefs of the Jews, with a new introduction by arguably the most important contemporary scholar of Jewish mysticism.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1. THE LEGEND OF JEWISH SORCERY
- Chapter 2. THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND
- Chapter 3. THE POWERS OF EVIL
- Chapter 4. MAN AND THE DEMONS
- Chapter 5. THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
- Chapter 6. THE POWERS OF GOOD
- Chapter 7. "IN THE NAME OF."
- Chapter 8. THE BIBLE IN MAGIC
- Chapter 9. THE MAGICAL PROCEDURE
- Chapter 10. AMULETS
- Chapter 11. THE WAR WITH THE SPIRITS
- Chapter 12. NATURE AND MAN
- Chapter 13. MEDICINE
- Chapter 14. DIVINATION
- Chapter 15. DREAMS
- Chapter 16. ASTROLOGY
- APPENDIX I: THE FORMATION OF MAGICAL NAMES
- APPENDIX II: MS. SEFER GEMATRIAOT, pp. 43a-44b, ON GEMS
- ABBREVIATIONS AND HEBREW TITLES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS
- INDEX.