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Author:   Mika Ahuvia
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780520380110

ISBN 10:   0520380118
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   08 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Angelic Greetings or Shalom Aleichem 1. At Home with the Angels: Babylonian Ritual Sources 2. Out and About with the Angels: Palestinian Ritual Sources 3. No Angels? Early Rabbinic Sources 4. In the Image of God, Not Angels: Rabbinic Sources 5. In the Image of the Angels: Liturgical Responses 6. Israel among the Angels: Late Rabbinic Sources 7. Jewish Mystics and the Angelic Realms: Early Mystical Sources Conclusion: Angels in Judaism and the Religions of Late Antiquity Appendix: Table of Incantation Bowls Bibliography Index

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Ahuvia not only commands impressive knowledge of a large body of texts and artifacts and related secondary literature, but also manages to survey this expansive and diverse collection quite succinctly. Mastering this material is accomplishment enough, but, remarkably, Ahuvia manages to do it without leaving anyone behind. * Reading Religion *

"""Ahuvia not only commands impressive knowledge of a large body of texts and artifacts and related secondary literature, but also manages to survey this expansive and diverse collection quite succinctly. Mastering this material is accomplishment enough, but, remarkably, Ahuvia manages to do it without leaving anyone behind."" * Reading Religion * ""A comprehensive survey of angels in our surviving Jewish sources would require a multivolume effort, and Ahuvia should be lauded for the diversity of textual products and cultural contexts that she brings to light in her study. . . It is an important contribution to the broader study of how human cultures experience the world as filled and animated by different classes of beings."" * AJS Review *"

Author Information

Mika Ahuvia is Assistant Professor of Classical Judaism at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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