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Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit, MI :
Wayne State University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Plates follow page; List of Plates; Preface; Introduction; I. Research and Method; 1. Magic and the Study of Religion; Evolutionist Theories; Sociology of Magic; Magic, Religion, and Rationality in Anthropological Research; 2. Magic, Mysticism, Religion, and Society: The Study of Early Jewish Magic; Magic in the Greco-Roman World: Aims of the Research; Religion, Magic, and Mysticism in Judaism in Late Antiquity and the Early Islamic Period; Concluding Remarks; 3. Religion, Magic, Adjuration, and the Definition of Early Jewish Magic.
- Magic-Mageia: Introducing the ProblemMagic and Religion: A Case of Family Resemblance; From Magic to Jewish Magic; 4. How to Do Things with Words: Speech Acts and Incantations; Speech Act Theory; Speech Act Theory and Magic Speech; Performative Utterances and Acts of Adjuration: Early Jewish Magic as a Test Case; II. Sources; 5. Jewish Magic Literature: Magical Texts and Artifacts; Performative Artifacts; Instructional Literature: Magic Recipes and Treatises; Concluding Remarks; 6. Angels, Demons, and Sorceries: Beliefs, Actions, and Attitudes in Nonmagic Literature.
- Second Temple Period LiteratureHekhalot and Merkavah Literature; Polemical Karaite Writings; The Response of Rav Hai Gaon to the Sages of Kairouan; Maimonides' Writings; Concluding Remarks; 7. Knowledge, Power, and Hegemony: Sorcery, Demonology, and Divination in Rabbinic Literature; Sorcery; Demons and the Evil Eye; Divination; Dreams and Their Interpretation; Astrology; Concluding Remarks; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index of Sources; General Index.