The Signifying Creator

Informationen zum Autor Michael D. Swartz is Professor of Hebrew and Religious Studies at the Ohio State University. His books include Scholastic Magic! Mystical Prayer in Ancient Judaism! Hebrew and Aramaic Incantation Texts from the Cairo Genizah (with Lawrence H. Schiffman)! and Avodah: Ancient Poems for Yom Kippur (with Joseph Yahalom). He also served as Judaica Editor for the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Religion. Zusammenfassung Shows us how ancient Jews perceived hidden signs and read them! elaborating on their use of divination! symbolic interpretation of physical features and dress and interpretations of historical events

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Shows us how ancient Jews perceived hidden signs and read them, elaborating on their use of divination, symbolic interpretation of physical features and dress and interpretations of historical events