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Jewish magic before the rise of Kabbalah / Yuval Harari ; translated by Batya Stein

Harari, Yuval, 1957- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Stein, Batya [Übersetzung]

Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press, 2016 [©2016]

1 Online-Ressource (602 pages)

Englisch

Erscheint auch als: Jewish magic before the rise of Kabbalah / Harari, Yuval (Druck-Ausgabe)

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Harari, Yuval, 1957-, Jewish magic before the rise of Kabbalah] / Saʿar, Orṭal-Paz

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Harari, Yuval, 1957-, Jewish magic before the rise of Kabbalah] / Bhayro, Siam

978-0-8143-3631-1 ( : electronic bk.)

978-0-8143-3630-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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BD 4940      Ähnliche Literatur

398.2089924 ; 133.43089924

Basisklassifikation: 11.23 (Ritus; religiöse Gebräuche) <Judentum>

SSG-Nummer(n): 1

*Judentum ; Magie ; Brauch ; Geschichte 600-1500     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Jewish magic-History

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 Problem -- Magic 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 Literature -- Hekhalot 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