A Remembrance of His Wonders : : Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz / / David I. Shyovitz.
The twelfth and thirteenth centuries witnessed an explosion of Christian interest in the meaning and workings of the natural world—a "discovery of nature" that profoundly reshaped the intellectual currents and spiritual contours of European society—yet to all appearances, the Jews of medie...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jewish Culture and Contexts
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 11 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Wondrous Nature and Natural Wonders
- 2. The World Made Flesh
- 3. Between Body and Soul
- 4. The Pious Werewolf
- 5. Between Sewer, Synagogue, and Cemetery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Acknowledgments