Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism

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Author: J. H. Chajes

ISBN-10: 0812237242

ISBN-13: 9780812237245

Category: Jewish Life

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"This is a major contribution, not only to early modern Jewish studies but to the subject of spirit possession broadly conceived in the Christian world."—Edward Peters, University of Pennsylvania

Introduction11The Emergence of Dybbuk Possession112The Dead and the Possessed323The Task of the Exorcist574Dybbuk Possession and Women's Religiosity975Skeptics and Storytellers119Arrival139AppSpirit Possession Narratives from Early Modern Jewish Sources141Notes181Bibliography245Index267Acknowledgments277