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Scholastic Magic - Ritual and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism (Hardcover)
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Scholastic Magic - Ritual and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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In exploring the social background of early Jewish mysticism,
Scholastic Magic tells the story of how imagination and magic were
made to serve memory and scholasticism. In the visionary literature
that circulated between the fifth and ninth centuries, there are
strange tales of ancient rabbis conjuring the angel known as
Sar-Torah, the "Prince of the Torah." This angel endowed the rabbis
themselves with spectacular memory and skill in learning, and then
taught them the formulas for giving others these gifts. This
literature, according to Michael Swartz, gives us rare glimpses of
how ancient and medieval Jews who stood outside the mainstream of
rabbinic leadership viewed Torah and ritual. Through close readings
of the texts, he uncovers unfamiliar dimensions of the classical
Judaic idea of Torah and the rabbinic civilization that forged
them. Swartz sets the stage for his analysis with a discussion of
the place of memory and orality in ancient and medieval Judaism and
how early educational and physiological theories were marshaled for
the cultivation of memory. He then examines the unusual magical
rituals for conjuring angels and ascending to heaven as well as the
authors' attitudes to authority and tradition, showing them to have
subverted essential rabbinic values even as they remained beholden
to them. The result is a ground-breaking analysis of the social and
conceptual background of rabbinic Judaism and ancient Mediterranean
religions. Offering complete translations of the principal
Sar-Torah texts, Scholastic Magic will become essential reading for
those interested in religions in the ancient and medieval world,
ritual studies, and popular religion. Originally published in 1996.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
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