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Saturn's Jews

On the Witches' Sabbat and Sabbateanism

Saturn's Jews( )
Author: Idel, Moshe
Series title:The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies
ISBN:978-1-4411-3731-9
Publication Date:Sep 2011
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $44.95
Book Description:

This book explores the phenomenon of Saturnism, namely the belief that the planet Saturn, the seventh known planet in ancient astrology, was appointed upon the Jews, who celebrated the Sabbath, the seventh day of the Jewish week. Moshe Idel details how the anonymous, late 14th century Sefer Ha-Peliyah was to have disturbing consequences in the Jewish world three centuries later, interweaving luminaries with the cultural, historical, religious, and philosophical concepts of their day,...
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