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A classic treatise, available now for the first time in paperback, on the folk beliefs of the Jews, with a new introduction by arguably the most important contemporary scholar of Jewish mysticism.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Moshe Idel
Preface
I. the Legend of Jewish Sorcery
II. The Truth Behind the Legend
III. The Powers of Evil
IV. Man and the Demons
V. The Spirits of the Dead
VI. The Powers of Good
VII. "In the Nature of . . ."
VIII. The Bible in Magic
IX. The Magical Procedure
X. Amulets
XI. The War with the Spirits
XII. Nature and Man
XIII. Medicine
XIV. Divination
XV. Dreams
XVI. Astrology
Appendix I. The Formation of Magical Names
Appendix II. Ms Sefer Gematriaot on Gems
Abbreviations and Hebrew Titles
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary of Hebrew Terms
Index

Jewish Magic and Superstition

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 13 February 2004
      ISBN-13 9780812218626
      978-0812218626
      ISBN-10 0812218620

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A classic treatise, available now for the first time in paperback, on the folk beliefs of the Jews, with a new introduction by arguably the most important contemporary scholar of Jewish mysticism.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by Moshe Idel
      Preface
      I. the Legend of Jewish Sorcery
      II. The Truth Behind the Legend
      III. The Powers of Evil
      IV. Man and the Demons
      V. The Spirits of the Dead
      VI. The Powers of Good
      VII. "In the Nature of . . ."
      VIII. The Bible in Magic
      IX. The Magical Procedure
      X. Amulets
      XI. The War with the Spirits
      XII. Nature and Man
      XIII. Medicine
      XIV. Divination
      XV. Dreams
      XVI. Astrology
      Appendix I. The Formation of Magical Names
      Appendix II. Ms Sefer Gematriaot on Gems
      Abbreviations and Hebrew Titles
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Glossary of Hebrew Terms
      Index

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