“Like the Ministering Angels”: Ritual and Purity in Early Jewish Mysticism and Magic

Students of religion are aware that the same ritual act can have many meanings depending on the cultural context. As Walter Kaelber observes, “Viewed cross-culturally, a given ascetic form may have different, even opposite objectives.” Accordingly, the same detail may have entirely opposite meanings...

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Main Author: Swartz, Michael D. 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 1994
In: AJS review
Year: 1994, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-168
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