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Hecker, Joel.

Mystical bodies, mystical meals : eating and embodiment in medieval Kabbalah / Joel Hecker. - Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (x, 282 pages). - Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology . - Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.

Give heed to me, and you shall eat choice food : the religious significance of eating in Judaism from the Bible to the Kabbalah -- A blessing in the belly : mystical satiation -- The bread of angels : the role of idealized foods -- I am so glad to see the face of the Shekhinah! : the social aspects of meals -- Blessing does not rest on an empty place : talismanic theurgy -- He makes peace and increases peace between the supernal realm and the lower realm : augmentation theurgy at mystical meals.

ISBN: 9780814340035 0814340032

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Zohar.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sacred meals.
Mysticism--Judaism.
Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Cabala--History.
Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Judaism.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM526 / .H43 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 296.8/2