Re-envisioning the Evil Eye: Magic, Optical Theory, and Modern Supernaturalism in Jewish Thought
Abstract This essay is a case study in the modern emergence of the “supernatural.” I argue that pre-modern understandings of the evil eye were predominantly naturalistic, based on extramissionist, haptic concepts of vision. The need to believe in the evil eye first arises when sight becomes universa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Evil eye
/ The Supernatural
/ Magic
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
extramission
B Magic B Kabbalah B Evil Eye B Supernatural B history of science B Rabbinic Literature |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Publisher) |
