Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
JOSEPH DELLA REINA — JOSEPH DELLA REINA, hero of a kabbalistic legend who attempted to bring an end to Satan s power and thus lead to the redemption. The earliest version of the story, which evolved between the 15th and 17th centuries, is recorded by abraham b.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FICTION, HEBREW — The Story in Talmudic Midrashic Literature Narrative creative writing has been a constant in Hebrew literature and can be found in every period of Jewish culture. The earliest biblical texts include stories, and the telling and retelling of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Kabbalah — This article is about traditional Jewish Kabbalah. For other Kabbalistic traditions see Christian Cabbalah, Hermetic Qabalah, and Practical Kabbalah Part of a series on … Wikipedia
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Magid (Jewish mysticism) — Magid (or Maggid) is a term describing the Jewish reception acts of God, an angel or soul of a saint who died, revealed by righteous living mystical experience, a dream or a daydream, usually result from using magical means. Magid Torah reveals a … Wikipedia
MAGIC — Early Magic Broadly defined, magic is a system of non canonical ritual practices aiming at changing reality. In early Jewish magic this system was based on the use of powerful verbal performative formulae – incantations – whose oral or written… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HAGIOGRAPHY — Although hagiographies, embellished accounts of biblical worthies, are not unknown in previous ages, particularly in the apocrypha (e.g., lives of the prophets and Martyrdom of isaiah ), in the Middle Ages they developed as a specific genre of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABRAHAM BEN ELIEZER HA-LEVI — (called ha Zaken; c. 1460–after 1528), kabbalist. Born in Spain, Abraham was a pupil of Isaac Gakon (in Toledo?). While still in Spain he wrote several kabbalistic treatises of which his Masoret ha Hokhmah ( Tradition of Wisdom ), on the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shmuel Yosef Agnon — Infobox Writer name = Shmuel Yosef Agnon שמואל יוסף עגנון imagesize = 100px birthdate = birth date|1887|8|8|mf=y birthplace = Buczacz, Galicia deathdate = death date and age|1970|2|17|1887|8|8|mf=y deathplace = Jerusalem, Israel awards =… … Wikipedia
