Kabbalah, Magic and Science Tapa dura - 2021

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1988. Hardcover. ex library-very good. viii, [4], 232 p. 24 cm. Blue cloth. Ex library with labels on spine and front cover, ink stamp on top edge and title page.

Hardback. New. In describing the career of Abraham Yagel, a Jewish physician, kabbalist, and naturalist who lived in northern Italy from 1553 to about 1623, David Ruderman observes the remarkable interplay between early modern scientific thought and religious and occult traditions from a wholly new perspective: that of Jewish intellectual life. Whether he was writing about astronomical discoveries, demons, marvelous creatures and prodigies of nature, the uses of magic, or reincarnation, Yagel made a consistent effort to integrate empirical study of nature with kabbalistic and rabbinic learning. Yagel's several interests were united in his belief in the interconnectedness of all thing-a belief, shared by many Renaissance thinkers, that turns natural phenomena into "signatures" of the divine unity of all things. Ruderman argues that Yagel and his coreligionists were predisposed to this prevalent view because of occult strains in traditional Jewish thought He also suggests that… Leer más

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 232 pages, 8vo. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very is in Very Good-plus condition..

Harvard University Press, 1988. Hard cover. Good/Fair. Jacket is sunned and worn. Bottom of jacket spine is torn. Jacket corners are very worn. Top of front jacket flap is folded. End leaves are tanned. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good. dj w/ sticker ghost, spine a bit sunned. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Judaica; ISBN: 0674496604. ISBN/EAN: 9780674496606. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 23669. . 9780674496606

1988 Harvard hardcover 1st edition 1st printing with full number line. Slight tilt to spine, a little edgewear (some tears closed), soil and tanning on dj, you can tell if you go into the spine that the previous owner was a smoker, else text clean, binding tight.

Harvard Univ Pr, 1988. Hardcover. New. 232 pages. 10.00x6.50x1.00 inches.

Collectible Fine First Edition Hardcover Fine Mylared Dust Jacket. Clean 232 pp. Study where the 16th century Aristotelian rational thought wedded Kabbalah Mystical Magic and Exorcism of Demons in Medical practice. Texts of little known Hebrew texts discussed in this Jewish Italian late Rennaisance Physician. Collectible Fine Mylar Protected Hardcover. NO Writing. NOT a remainder NOT a library copy. See all our Three Geese In Flight Book Scans

Harvard University Press, 1988-10-15. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.