- Description
- 1 online resource (296 pages).
- Series Statement
- Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
- Uniform Title
- Mystical bodies, mystical meals (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Mystical bodies, mystical meals (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- 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.
- OCLC
- ssj0001164426
- Author
Hecker, Joel.
- Title
Mystical bodies, mystical meals [electronic resource] : eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah / Joel Hecker.
- Imprint
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2005]
- Series
Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record.
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- Other Form:
Print version: Hecker, Joel. Mystical bodies, mystical meals : eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2005] x, 282 pages ; 24 cm. Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology 9780814331811 (DLC)10836361