Unveiling the hidden - anticipating the future: divinatory practices among Jews between Qumran and the modern period
"In Unveiling the Hidden-Anticipating the Future: Divinatory Practices Among Jews Between Qumran and the Modern Period, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas and Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum collect ten studies based on primary sources ranging from Qumran to the modern period and covering Europe and the Medi...
| Published in: | Prognostication in history |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2021]
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| In: |
Prognostication in history (volume 5)
Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Unveiling the Hidden - Anticipating the Future: Divinatory Practices Among Jews Between Qumran and the Modern Period] (2022) (Bergmann, Claudia D.)
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| Series/Journal: | Prognostication in history
volume 5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Divination
/ Occultism
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Conference program 2015
B Occultism Religious aspects Judaism Congresses B Divination Congresses |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "In Unveiling the Hidden-Anticipating the Future: Divinatory Practices Among Jews Between Qumran and the Modern Period, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas and Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum collect ten studies based on primary sources ranging from Qumran to the modern period and covering Europe and the Mediterranean basin. The studies show Jews practising divination (astrology, bibliomancy, physiognomy, dream requests, astral magic, etc.) and implementing the study and practice of the prognostic arts in ways that allowed Jews to make them "Jewish," by avoiding any conflict with Jewish law or halakhah. These studies focus on the Jewish components of this divination, providing specific firsthand details about the practices and their practitioners within their cultural and intellectual contexts-as well as their fears, wishes, and anxieties-using ancient scrolls and medieval manuscripts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judaeo-Arabic. Contributors include Michael D. Swartz, Helen R. Jacobus, Alessia Bellusci, Blanca Villuendas Sabaté, Shraga Bar-On, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Amos Geula, Dov Schwartz, Joseph Ziegler, and Charles Burnett"-- |
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| Item Description: | "This monograph emerged from a workshop, with most of its chapters stemming from the papers presented at it; others papers were requested and added later during the collection of the contributions in an effort to reflect as much as possible the catalogue of divinatory practices available and used among pre-modern Jews"--Introductory essay: Divination in Jewish cultures Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 333-376 |
| ISBN: | 9004445064 |