Dybbuks and Jewish women : in social history, mysticism and folklore / by Rachel Elior ; translated from the Hebrew by Joel Linsider ; cover design by Shanie Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elior, Rachel, author.

Contributor:

Linsider, Joel A., translator.

Cooper, Shanie, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dybbuk.

Jewish women--Social conditions.

Jewish women.

Mysticism--Judaism.

Mysticism.

Jews--Folklore.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem, Israel : Urim Publications, 2014.

Summary:

How and why a person comes to be possessed by a dybbuk-the possession of a living body by the soul of a deceased person-and what consequences ensue from such possession, form the subject of this book. Though possession by a dybbuk has traditionally been understood as punishment for a terrible sin, it can also be seen as a mechanism used by desperate individuals-often women-who had no other means of escape from the demands and expectations of an all-encompassing patriarchal social order. Dybbuks and Jewish Women examines these and other as

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Note on Translations; I. "Like Sophia and Marcelle and Lizzie"; II. Speaking Voices, Silencing Worlds, Silenced Voices; a. Introduction; b. The Societal Background for the Phenomenon of the Dybbuk in the Traditional World of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries; c. Contexts for the Dybbuk; d. The Dybbuk in the Public Arena; e. The Dybbuk and Witchcraft; f. Spirits in the Exorcism Ceremony; g. Kabbalistic Background; h. Exorcism and Unification: Between Expulsion of the Dybbuk and the Wedding Ceremony

i. Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk) - S. An-skyIndex; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

965-524-080-0

965-524-009-6

OCLC:

884015071