Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah - Couverture rigide

Livre 20 sur 31: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology

Harari, Yuval

 
9780814336304: Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah
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ISBN 10 : 0814336302 ISBN 13 : 9780814336304
Editeur : Wayne State University Press, 2017

Synopsis

"Magic culture is certainly fascinating. But what is it? What, in fact, are magic writings, magic artifacts?" Originally published in Hebrew in 2010, Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah is a comprehensive study of early Jewish magic focusing on three major topics: Jewish magic inventiveness, the conflict with the culture it reflects, and the scientific study of both.

The first part of the book analyzes the essence of magic in general and Jewish magic in particular. The book begins with theories addressing the relationship of magic and religion in fields like comparative study of religion, sociology of religion, history, and cultural anthropology, and considers the implications of the paradigm shift in the interdisciplinary understanding of magic for the study of Jewish magic. The second part of the book focuses on Jewish magic culture in late antiquity and in the early Islamic period. This section highlights the artifacts left behind by the magic practitioners--amulets, bowls, precious stones, and human skulls--as well as manuals that include hundreds of recipes. Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah also reports on the culture that is reflected in the magic evidence from the perspective of external non-magic contemporary Jewish sources.

Issues of magic and religion, magical mysticism, and magic and social power are dealt with in length in this thorough investigation. Scholars interested in early Jewish history and comparative religions will find great value in this text.

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À propos de l?auteur

Yuval Harari is a professor of Hebrew literature and Jewish folklore at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His cultural and textual studies cover a broad range of phenomena in the field of magic and practical Kabbalah in Judaism from Antiquity to our day. He is also the author of The Sword of Moses: A New Translation and Study.

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Éditeur
Wayne State University Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814336302
ISBN 13 
9780814336304
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
552
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0814348815 ISBN 13 :  9780814348819
Editeur : Wayne State University Press, 2021
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