Scholastic Magic : ritual and revelation in early Jewish mysticism /

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In exploring the social background of early Jewish mysticism, Scholastic Magic tells the story of how imagination and magic were made to serve memory and scholasticism. In the visionary literature that circulated between the fifth and ninth centuries, there are strange tales of ancient rabbis conjur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swartz, Michael D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
Heikhalot rabbati.
Maʻaśeh merkavah.
Mysticism > Judaism > History.
Jewish magic.
Rabbis > Prayers and devotions.
Intercessory prayer > Judaism.
Mysticisme > Judaïsme > Histoire.
Magie juive.
RELIGION > Judaism > Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Mysticism > Judaism.
Rabbis.
History.
Prayers and devotions.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In exploring the social background of early Jewish mysticism, Scholastic Magic tells the story of how imagination and magic were made to serve memory and scholasticism. In the visionary literature that circulated between the fifth and ninth centuries, there are strange tales of ancient rabbis conjuring the angel known as Sar-Torah, the "Prince of the Torah." This angel endowed the rabbis themselves with spectacular memory and skill in learning, and then taught them the formulas for giving others these gifts. This literature, according to Michael Swartz, gives us rare glimpse.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (278 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and indexes.
ISBN:9781400864416
1400864410

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