Ritual medical lore of sephardic women: sweetening the spirits, healing the sick
Auteur :
Lévy, Isaac Jack / Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy
Éditeur :
University of Illinois Press
ISBN :
9780252026973
Date de publication :
5 déc. 2001
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
513 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Focusing on interviews with elders of the Sephardic communities of the former Ottoman Empire, this title illuminates a complex of preventive and curative rituals conducted by women at home - rituals that ensured the well-being of the community and functioned as a counterpart to the public rites conducted by men in the synagogues.