Dybbuks and Jewish women : in social history, mysticism and folklore / / by Rachel Elior ; translated from the Hebrew by Joel Linsider ; cover design by Shanie Cooper

• Autore: Elior Rachel
• Pubblicazione: Jerusalem, Israel : , : Urim Publications, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (130 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.316
• Soggetto topico: Dybbuk; Jewish women - Social conditions; Mysticism - Judaism; Jews
• Persona (resp. second.): LinsiderJoel A.; CooperShanie
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Note on Translations; I. "Like Sophia and Marcelle and Lizzie"; II. Speaking Voices, Silencing Worlds, Silenced Voices; a. Introduction; b. The Societal Background for the Phenomenon of the Dybbuk in the Traditional World of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries; c. Contexts for the Dybbuk; d. The Dybbuk in the Public Arena; e. The Dybbuk and Witchcraft; f. Spirits in the Exorcism Ceremony; g. Kabbalistic Background; h. Exorcism and Unification: Between Expulsion of the Dybbuk and the Wedding Ceremony ; i. Between Two Worlds (The Dybbuk) - S. An-skyIndex; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: How and why a person comes to be possessed by a dybbuk-the possession of a living body by the soul of a deceased person-and what consequences ensue from such possession, form the subject of this book. Though possession by a dybbuk has traditionally been understood as punishment for a terrible sin, it can also be seen as a mechanism used by desperate individuals-often women-who had no other means of escape from the demands and expectations of an all-encompassing patriarchal social order. Dybbuks and Jewish Women examines these and other as
• Titolo autorizzato: Dybbuks and Jewish women
• ISBN: 965-524-080-0; 965-524-009-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789741303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II