LEADER 03421nam 22006851 450 001 9910464645503321 005 20121221083752.0 010 $a1-4725-4867-1 010 $a1-4411-3731-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472548672 035 $a(CKB)3710000000109361 035 $a(EBL)1748104 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001235800 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11711425 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001235800 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11230974 035 $a(PQKB)11638671 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1748104 035 $a(OCoLC)881028869 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255463 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000109361 100 $a20140929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSaturn's Jews $eon the witches' Sabbat and Sabbateanism /$fby Moshe Idel 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 225 1 $aThe Kogod library of Judaic studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-2144-7 311 $a0-8264-4453-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [119]-188) and indexes. 327 $aPreface -- 1. From Saturn, Sabbath and Sorcery, to the Jews -- 2. From Saturn to Sabbatai Tzevi: A Planet that Became Messiah -- 3. From Saturn to Melancholy -- 4. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"This book explores the phenomenon of Saturnism, namely the belief that the planet Saturn, the seventh known planet in ancient astrology, was appointed upon the Jews, who celebrated the Sabbath, the seventh day of the Jewish week. Moshe Idel details how the anonymous, late 14th century Sefer Ha-Peliyah was to have disturbing consequences in the Jewish world three centuries later, interweaving luminaries with the cultural, historical, religious, and philosophical concepts of their day, and demonstrating how cultural agents were inadvertently instrumental in the mid-17th-century mass-movement Sabbateanism that led to the conviction that Sabbatai Tzevi was the Messiah. Exploring how the tragic misperception of the Jewish Sabbath by the non-Jewish world led to a linkage of Jews with sorcery in 14th and 15th-century Europe, associating their holy day with the witches' 'Sabbat' gathering, Idel brings this wide-ranging study into the present day with an analysis of 20th-century scholarship and thought influenced by Saturnism, particularly lingering themes related to melancholy in the works of Gershom Scholem and Walter Benjamin."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aKogod library of Judaic studies. 606 $aAstrology 606 $aHuman beings$xEffect of Saturn on 606 $aJewish messianic movements$xHistory 606 $aMessiah$xJudaism 606 $aSabbat 606 $aSabbathaians$xHistory 606 $2Judaism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAstrology. 615 0$aHuman beings$xEffect of Saturn on. 615 0$aJewish messianic movements$xHistory. 615 0$aMessiah$xJudaism. 615 0$aSabbat. 615 0$aSabbathaians$xHistory. 676 $a296.8/2 700 $aIdel$b Moshe$f1947-$0223908 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464645503321 996 $aSaturn's Jews$91971198 997 $aUNINA