Repentance through fear: cosmic and body horror in Sheveṭ Musar

One of the most notorious early modern musar compilations, Sheveṭ Musar, challenges its readers with an obscure and gory imagery that can be classified as horror. This article proposes an exploration of these horrific images of death, decomposition, and hell. In order to contextualize a selection of...

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Main Author: Briata, Ilaria (Author)
Corporate Author: Emmy-Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe "Jewish moralistic writings (Musar) of the Early Modern period: 1600-1800" (Editor)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 264-284
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Elijah ben Solomon Abraham ha-Kohen of Smyrna 1650-1729, Sefer Sheveṭ musar / Horror tales / Apocalypticism
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Horror
B Death
B musar literature
B Sheveṭ Musar
B Jewish ethics
B Hell
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