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Mystical bodies, mystical meals eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah

Title
Mystical bodies, mystical meals [electronic resource] : eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah / Joel Hecker.
Author
Hecker, Joel.
Publication
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2005]

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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
  • Zohar
  • Cabala > History
  • Dinners and dining > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Mysticism > Judaism
  • Sacred meals
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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  • 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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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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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
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