Unfamiliar selves in the Hebrew Bible : possession and other spirit phenomena / Reed Carlson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlson, Reed, author.

Series:

Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages ; v.9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Spirit possession--Judaism.

Spirit possession.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston, MA : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Summary:

The series Ekstasis publishes monographs and collected essays on topics concerning religious experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Volumes in this series will address a diverse array of movements and particular expressions of religious experience, such as ecstatic trances, magic, healing, prophecy, divination, and dreams, as well as other phenomena. Methods will range widely, encompassing contemporary sociological, anthropological, and psychological approaches, as well as historical analysis of textual, archaeological, and artistic evidence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations of Sources

Textual Conventions

Acknowledgments

1 The Ghost of a Self

2 Raising the Specter

3 Getting into the Spirit

4 When a Spirit Moves

5 In Good Spirits

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Subject and Author Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Carlson, Reed Unfamiliar Selves in the Hebrew Bible

ISBN:

3-11-067003-8

OCLC:

1290484821