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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swartz, Michael D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Mentalities of ancient Judaism
  • Memory, Torah, and magic
  • The Sar-Torah texts. The texts
  • Sar-Torah narratives : translation and analysis
  • Sar-Torah rituals and related texts
  • Ritual and revelation. Ritual and Purity
  • Tradition and authority
  • Conclusions. Scholastic magic.

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