The mechanics of providence the workings of ancient Jewish magic and mysticism
"The phenomena we call magic and mysticism had a profound effect on the shaping of Judaism in late antiquity. In this volume, Michael D. Swartz offers a wide-ranging study of the purposes, world-views, ritual dynamics, literary forms, and social settings of ancient Jewish magic and mysticism an...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tübingen :
Mohr Siebeck
[2018]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Texts and studies in ancient Judaism = Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum, 172. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47426081*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Part I: Magic. Jewish Magic in Late Antiquity ; Scribal Magic and Its Rhetoric ; The Dead Sea Scrolls and Later Jewish Magic and Mysticism ; The Magical Jesus ; Magical Piety ; Magic and Sacrifice ; Understanding Ritual ; Verbal and Visual Aesthetics ; The Book of the Great Name
- Part II: Mysticism. Early Jewish Mysticism and the Visionary Tradition ; Merkavah Mysticism as Mysticism ; Three-Dimensional Philology ; Patterns of Mystical Prayer ; "Like the Ministering Angels" ; Hekhalot and Piyyut ; "The Seal of the Merkavah".
