Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) - Softcover

Book 20 of 31: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology

Yuval Harari (author) & Batya Stein (trans)

 
9780814348819: Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0814348815 ISBN 13: 9780814348819
Publisher: Wayne State University Press, 2021

Synopsis

A comprehensive study of Jewish magic in the late antiquity and the early Islamic period--the phenomenon, the sources, and method for its research, and the history of scholarly investigation into its nature and origin.

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About the Author

Yuval Harari is a professor of Jewish Thought and 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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Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0814348815
ISBN 13 
9780814348819
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
604

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