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The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source Book

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Description for The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source Book Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 634 pages, 12 halftones, 16 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJX; HRQX2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 857.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
634
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
634
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691603124
SKU
V9780691603124
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Reviews for The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source Book
Winner of the 1994 National Jewish Honor Book in Scholarship "Raphael Patai seeks to break what he sees as the code of silence surrounding the history of Jewish alchemy, and his book represents the findings of years of intense research in this little-known subject... To the author's great credit he has marshaled a vast array of sources in an effort ... Read more

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