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Dybbuks and Jewish women : in social history, mysticism and folklore / Rachel Elior ; [translated from the Hebrew by Joel Linsider].

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Publication details: Jerusalem ; New York : Urim, ©2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (128 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789655240092
  • 9655240096
  • 9789655240986
  • 9655240983
  • 9789655240078
  • 965524007X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dybbuks and Jewish women.DDC classification:
  • 296.3/16 23/eng/20231017
LOC classification:
  • BM729.D92 E45 2008eb
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  • online - EBSCO
Online resources: Summary: How and why a person comes to be possessed by a dybbukthe possession of a living body by the soul of a deceased personand 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 individualsoften womenwho 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)396852

880-01 Originally published in Hebrew in Derekh ha-ruaḥ (Jerusalem : Van Leer Institute, 2005) and in Kiṿunim ḥadashim 17 (2007).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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How and why a person comes to be possessed by a dybbukthe possession of a living body by the soul of a deceased personand 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 individualsoften womenwho 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.