The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism
Author: Geoffrey W. Dennis
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2016-02-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738748145

Download The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Jewish esotericism is the oldest and most influential continuous occult tradition in the West. Presenting lore that can spiritually enrich your life, this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia is devoted to the esoteric in Judaism—the miraculous and the mysterious. In this second edition, Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis has added over thirty new entries and significantly expanded over one hundred other entries, incorporating more knowledge and passages from primary sources. This comprehensive treasury of Jewish teachings, drawn from sources spanning Jewish scripture, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Kabbalah, and other esoteric branches of Judaism, is exhaustively researched yet easy to use. It includes over one thousand alphabetical entries, from Aaron to Zohar Chadesh, with extensive cross-references to related topics and new illustrations throughout. Drawn from the well of a great spiritual tradition, the secret wisdom within these pages will enlighten and empower you. Praise: "An erudite and lively compendium of Jewish magical beliefs, practices, texts, and individuals...This superb, comprehensive encyclopedia belongs in every serious library."—Richard M. Golden, Director of the Jewish Studies Program, University of North Texas, and editor of The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition "Rabbi Dennis has performed a tremendously important service for both the scholar and the novice in composing a work of concise information about aspects of Judaism unbeknownst to most, and intriguing to all."—Rabbi Gershon Winkler, author of Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism
Author: Geoffrey W. Dennis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Jewish magic
ISBN: 9780738745916

Download The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Spanning the Bible, Jewish scripture, the Midrash, Kabbalah, and other mystical branches of Judaism, this text is meant to inspire and illuminate one of the oldest esoteric traditions still alive today.

Jewish Magic and Superstition

Jewish Magic and Superstition
Author: Joshua Trachtenberg
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2012-10-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0812208331

Download Jewish Magic and Superstition Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from the religion. According to Joshua Trachtenberg, it is not possible truly to understand the experience and history of the Jewish people without attempting to recover their folklife and beliefs from centuries past. Jewish Magic and Superstition is a masterful and utterly fascinating exploration of religious forms that have all but disappeared yet persist in the imagination. The volume begins with legends of Jewish sorcery and proceeds to discuss beliefs about the evil eye, spirits of the dead, powers of good, the famous legend of the golem, procedures for casting spells, the use of gems and amulets, how to battle spirits, the ritual of circumcision, herbal folk remedies, fortune telling, astrology, and the interpretation of dreams. First published more than sixty years ago, Trachtenberg's study remains the foundational scholarship on magical practices in the Jewish world and offers an understanding of folk beliefs that expressed most eloquently the everyday religion of the Jewish people.

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols
Author: Ellen Frankel
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1995-11-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1461631254

Download The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Jewish symbols reflect the interaction of word and image within Jewish culture. Jews have always studied, interpreted, and revered sacred texts; they have also adorned the settings and occasions of sacred acts. Calligraphy and ornamentation have transformed Hebrew letters into art; quotation, interpretation, legend, and wordplay have made ceremonial objects into narrative. This book represents just such a collaboration between art and language. Ellen Frankel and Betsy Platkin Teutsch, writer and artist, have brought their extensive knowledge and talents together to create The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols, the first reference guide of its kind, designed for use by educators, artists, rabbis, folklorists, feminists, Jewish and non-Jewish scholars, and lay readers.

Lilith's Cave

Lilith's Cave
Author: Howard Schwartz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1991-12-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0195067266

Download Lilith's Cave Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Tales of terror and the supernatural hold an honored position in the Jewish folkloric tradition. Howard Schwartz has superbly translated and retold fifty of the best of these folktales. Gathered from countless sources ranging from the ancient Middle East to twelfth-century Germany and later Eastern European oral tradition, these captivating stories include Jewish variants of the Pandora and Persephone myths.

Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah

Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah
Author: Yuval Harari
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2017-06-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814336310

Download Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Scholars interested in early Jewish history and comparative religions will find great value in this text.

On Jewish Folklore

On Jewish Folklore
Author: Raphael Patai
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2018-02-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814344208

Download On Jewish Folklore Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

On Jewish Folklore spans a half-century of scholarly inquiry by the noted anthropologist and biblical scholar Raphael Patai. He essays collected in this volume, some of which are presented for the first time in English translation, provide a rich harvest of Jewish customs and traditional beliefs, gathered from all over the world and from ancient to modern times. Among the subjects Dr. Patai investigated and recorded are the history and oral traditions of the now-vanished Marrano community of Meshhed, Iran; cultural change among the so-called Jewish Indians of Mexico; beliefs and customs in connection with birth, the rainbow, and the color blue; Jewish variants of the widespread custom of earth-eating; and the remarkable parallels between the rituals connected with enthroning a new king as described in the Bible and as practiced among certain African tribes.

Jewish Legends

Jewish Legends
Author: David Goldstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1996
Genre: Jewish legends
ISBN: 9781851529292

Download Jewish Legends Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This is one in a series of books about world myths and legends, and describes the legends of the Jewish peoples, folk stories which have been handed down verbally or in literature. The book tells some of these stories, which describe the daily life and dreams of the Jewish past.

Sepher Ha-Razim

Sepher Ha-Razim
Author:
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2022-05-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1628372664

Download Sepher Ha-Razim Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Michael A. Morgan translates Mordecai Margaliath’s text of Sepher Ha-Razim, a fourth century CE magical text, into English. Sepher Ha-Razim includes a story about the book’s transmission from the angel Raziel to Noah eventually down to Solomon, six sections describing the nature, function, magical praxis and angelic inhabitants of six of the heavens, and the divine throne in the seventh heaven. With parallels to Talmudic passages, Enochic literature, and Hekhaloth literature, Sepher Ha-Razim sheds light on Greco-Roman magic in general and more specifically Jewish life in the early centuries CE.