The Devil and the Jews

 

January 5, 2013

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Jewish Magic and Superstition is a masterful and utterly fascinating exploration of religious forms that have all but disappeared yet persist in the imagination. The volume begins with legends of Jewish sorcery and proceeds to discuss beliefs about the evil eye, spirits of the dead, powers of good, the famous legend of the golem, procedures for casting spells, the use of gems and amulets, how to battle spirits, the ritual of circumcision, herbal folk remedies, fortune telling, astrology, and the interpretation of dreams. First published more than sixty years ago, Trachtenberg’s study remains the foundational scholarship on magical practices in the Jewish world and offers an understanding of folk beliefs and practices that expressed most eloquently the everyday religion of the Jewish people.


Comments for “The Devil and the Jews “

Tony B said (January 4, 2013):

Henry, if your efforts can bring many more Jews into the same understanding you have acquired, there is yet hope for the generations now living.

The term “antisemitism” has never had any meaning, never carried any silly fear, for me and it seems to be fading with most goy but it still appears as a very powerful mental and emotional drag on most non-Talmudic Jews, warping their outlook on the world.

This must change before that false power for evil dissolves into ridicule of such merchants of it as the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith.


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