How Jewish Magic Survived the Disenchantment of the World

Jewish magic is thriving in present-day Israel, in spite of the supposed disenchantment of the modern world. To see how it survived from Antiquity and the Middle Ages to our own days, this essay surveys the development of Jewish magic in the modern period. It begins with the Jews of Europe, where th...

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Main Author: Bohak, Gideon 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Aries
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-37
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B The Modern / Judaism / Magic / Cabala / Popular Science book
IxTheo Classification:AZ New religious movements
BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Sefer Raziel
B Enlightenment
B Modernity
B Magic
B "practical Kabbalah"
B Baal Shem
B Haskalah
B Yitzhak Kaduri
B Disenchantment
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