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Between worlds : dybbuks, exorcists, and early modern Judaism / J.H. Chajes.
Van Pelt Library BM729.D92 C53 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chajes, J. H. (Jeffrey Howard)
- Series:
- Jewish culture and contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dybbuk.
- Spirit possession.
- Exorcism.
- Mysticism--Judaism.
- Mysticism.
- Spiritual life--Judaism.
- Spiritual life.
- Future life--Judaism.
- Future life.
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Adopting a comparative historical approach, J. H. Chajes uncovers a strain of Jewish belief to which scant attention has been paid. "Between Worlds" provides fascinating descriptions of cases of possession as well as analysis of the magical techniques deployed by rabbinic exorcists to expel the ghostly intruders.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-265) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.
- ISBN:
- 0812237242
- OCLC:
- 51817200
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