The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source BookPrinceton University Press, 2014 M07 14 - 634 páginas 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. |
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... Biblical Figures as Alchemists CHAPTER THREE Alchemy in Bible and Talmud ? PART TWO : The Hellenistic Age INTRODUCTION TO PART Two CHAPTER FOUR Jews in Hellenistic Alchemy CHAPTER FIVE Maria the Jewess xi xiii XV 3 18 41 49 50 198 60 ...
... biblical figures in great respect , the at- tribution of alchemical activity to biblical characters , kings , and proph- ets was a simple and effective way of providing alchemy 10 CHAPTER ONE.
... biblical origin for their art provided the alche- mists with self - legitimation . Once biblical figures became entrenched in alchemical tradition as the original masters of the Royal Art , the next , almost inevitable , step was to ...
... scholars to devote their attention to this subject , and to carry on this fascinating task that time no longer permits me to under- take . Chapter Two BIBLICAL FIGURES AS ALCHEMISTS THE ATTRIBUTION of alchemical INTRODUCTION 17.
A History and Source Book Raphael Patai. Chapter Two BIBLICAL FIGURES AS ALCHEMISTS THE ATTRIBUTION of alchemical mastery to biblical heroes began in Hellenistic Egypt , where alchemists were familiar with the Greek version of the Bible ...