Kabbalistic Pharmacopoeia: Well-Being in the Atlantic Jewish World

This article discusses an intriguing manuscript purchased in Jerusalem at auction in 2013 for the Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania. Ta‘alumot hokhmah was composed in the Dutch provinces during the 150 years leading up to the 1830s, l...

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Main Author: Ben-Ur, Aviva (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2015
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2015, Volume: 105, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-153
Further subjects:B Sifrei Segulot
B Atlantic Jewish history
B receipt books
B Kabbalah
B Dutch Jewish history
B literature of secrets
B Portuguese Jews
B history of science
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