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Mystical bodies, mystical meals : eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah

Title
Mystical bodies, mystical meals : eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah / Joel Hecker.
Author
Hecker, Joel.
Publication
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2005.

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x, 282 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Subject
  • Zohar
  • Cabala > History
  • Dinners and dining > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Mysticism > Judaism
  • Sacred meals
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.
Contents
Give heed to me, and you shall eat choice food : the religious significance of eating in Judaism from the Bible to the Kabbalah -- A blessing in the belly : mystical satiation -- The bread of angels : the role of idealized foods -- I am so glad to see the face of the Shekhinah! : the social aspects of meals -- Blessing does not rest on an empty place : talismanic theurgy -- He makes peace and increases peace between the supernal realm and the lower realm : augmentation theurgy at mystical meals.
Call Number
*PQG 06-1531
ISBN
0814331815 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004017355
OCLC
56033364
Author
Hecker, Joel.
Title
Mystical bodies, mystical meals : eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah / Joel Hecker.
Imprint
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2005.
Series
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.
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*PQG 06-1531
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