In this Book
- The Jewish Alchemists: A History and Source Book
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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.
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Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Abbreviations
- p. xv
- Part One: Prelude
- Chapter One Introduction
- pp. 3-17
- Part Two: The Hellenistic Age
- Chapter Five Maria the Jewess
- pp. 60-80
- Part Three: The Early Arab World
- Introduction to Part Three
- pp. 95-97
- Chapter Seven Abufalah's Alchemy
- pp. 98-118
- Chapter NinePSEUDO-KHALID IBN YAZID
- pp. 125-136
- Part Four: The Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries
- Introduction to Part Four
- pp. 139-140
- Chapter Ten Artephius
- pp. 141-143
- Chapter Eleven The Great Jewish Philosophers
- pp. 144-151
- Part Five: The Fourteenth Century
- Introduction to Part Five
- pp. 173-174
- Chapter Fifteen Flamel's Jewish Masters
- pp. 218-233
- Chapter Seventeen Abraham Eleazar
- pp. 238-257
- Chapter Eighteen Themo Judaei
- pp. 258-260
- Part Six: The Fifteenth Century
- Introduction to Part Six
- p. 263
- Chapter Nineteen Simeon Ben Semah Duran
- pp. 264-267
- Chapter Twenty-four Pseudo-Maimonides
- pp. 300-313
- Part Seven: The Sixteenth Century
- Chapter Twenty-seven Taitazak and Provencali
- pp. 336-339
- Chapter Twenty-eight Hayyim Vital, Alchemist
- pp. 340-364
- Chapter Twenty-nine an Alchemical Miscellany
- pp. 365-375
- Chapter Thirty Labi, Hamawl, and Portaleone
- pp. 376-380
- Part Eight: The Seventeenth Century
- Introduction to Part Eight
- pp. 395-398
- Chapter Thirty-four Benjamin Mussafia
- pp. 437-446
- Chapter Thirty-five Benjamin Jesse
- pp. 447-450
- Part Nine: The Eighteenth Century
- Introduction to Part Nine
- pp. 453-454
- Chapter Thirty-six Hayyim Sh'muel Falck
- pp. 455-462
- Part Ten: The Nineteenth Century
- Introduction to Part Ten
- p. 491
- Chapter Forty Mordecai Abi Serour
- pp. 514-516
- Conclusion A Profile of Jewish Alchemy
- pp. 517-524
- Appendix An Alchemical Vocabulary from Jerba
- pp. 525-542