Dybbuks and Jewish Women in Social History, Mysticism and Folklore.

By:

Elior, Rachel

Contributor(s):

Elior, Rachel

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9789655240801

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dybbuks and Jewish Women in Social History, Mysticism and FolkloreDDC classification:

133.9

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BM729.D92 -- .E45 2014eb

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Contents:

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-sky -- Index -- About the Author.

Summary: 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 aspects of dybbuk possession from historical and phenomenological perspectives, with particular attention to the gender significance of the subject.

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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 aspects of dybbuk possession from historical and phenomenological perspectives, with particular attention to the gender significance of the subject.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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