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Title: | Un exorcismo judío medieval en contexto: el exorcismo de la hija del emperador Basilio I | Other Titles: | A Jewish medieval exorcism in context: the exorcism of emperor Basil I daughter | Authors: | Mirones Lozano, Eunate | Keywords: | medieval;exorcismo;judíos;hebreo;exorcism;medieval;Jews;Hebrew | Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra | Abstract: | El episodio del exorcismo de la hija de Basilio I, llevado a cabo por un reputado judío,
de nombre Rabí Shephatiah, aparece en lo que, a primera vista, no aparenta ser otra cosa
que una crónica familiar judía. Sin embargo, el especial hincapié con que el autor relata los
prodigios y milagros atribuidos a los protagonistas de la crónica, la transforman inadvertidamente,
en un fascinante y casi prototípico relato prosopográfico. El exorcismo que da título
al artículo es uno los relatos más extraordinarios recogidos en el libro. Este testimonio nos
servirá de punto de partida y conclusión para estudiar la práctica del exorcismo judío desde
el primer caso del que tenemos noticia dentro de la tradición judía. Contextualizarlo nos
permitirá comprender mejor, no sólo el texto en cuestión, sino la percepción del fenómeno
en su conjunto para dicha tradición. The episode of the exorcism of Basil’s daughter, performed by a reputed Jew called Rabbi Shephatiah, appears in a book we can consider, at first sight, just as a Jewish familiar chronicle. Nevertheless, it comes out that the author, in his attempt to glorify his forefathers for the next generations to be aware of it, refers mostly wonderful and fantastic accounts of miracles and prodigies carried out by those ancestors he is singing the prizes of. Thus, he composes, inadvertently, a fascinating prototypical paradoxographic work. The exorcism we deal with here is one of the most extraordinary events included in the book, and serves us as point of departure to go through Jewish exorcising practice from the first case of possession recorded in Jewish tradition. Placing Basil’s daughter exorcism in context we get to understand better not only the text discussed, but also exorcism in Jewish tradition as a whole. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/43325 | ISSN: | 2183-8615 (digital) 1645-2259 |
DOI: | 10.14195/1645-2259_17_1 | Rights: | open access |
Appears in Collections: | Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura |
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