The Jewish Alchemists (eBook)

A History and Source Book

Raphael Patai (Autor)

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2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6366-2 (ISBN)

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In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy. Here, drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources, Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanity's most compelling intellectual obsessions.Originally published in 1994.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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Zusatzinfo: 12 halftones, 16 line illustrations
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Abraham ben David • Abraham Ibn Ezra • Alchemy • alembic • Approbation • arabic • arsenic • Artephius • Ashkenazi Jews • Avicenna • base metal • Book of Moses • Book of Wisdom • Books of Kings • ceration • cinnabar • Classical element • Converso • David Kimhi • David Reubeni • Democritus • Elohim • El Shaddai • emerald tablet • erudition • Faust • Gematria • Gershom Scholem • God • Golden Calf • GREAT COMMANDMENT • Halakha • Haskalah • Hebrews • Hellenistic period • Insufflation • Isaac Luria • Jabir ibn Hayyan • Jacob Emden • Jerusalem Talmud • Jewish Mysticism • Jewish philosophy • Jews • Johannes Buxtorf • Joseph Albo • Kabbalah • Kohen • Kuzari • Literature • Magic Square • Maimonides • Manuscript • marrano • Melange (fictional drug) • Metatron • Metempsychosis • Moritz Steinschneider • Mutus Liber • necromancy • Nehemiah • Nicolas Flamel • On Religion • Oral Torah • oven • Paimon • Paracelsus • Philosopher • Philosophy • Practical Kabbalah • Pseudo-Philo • Rabbi • Ramon Llull • Rashi • Recipe • Religion • Roger Bacon • Saadia Gaon • Safed • sal ammoniac • SCHOLASTICISM • Sefer (Hebrew) • Sephardi Jews • Shekhina (book) • Shekhinah • Sulfur • Superiority (short story) • Suspension of Disbelief • TALC • Terra Sigillata • Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum • The Book of the Law • The City of God (book) • The Other Hand • The Philosopher • Thou shalt not steal • tincture • Tincture (heraldry) • Vinegar • Writing • Zohar
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6366-X / 140086366X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6366-2 / 9781400863662