What if one thinks not in terms of shared meanings or contents, but rather iterablegesturesavailable for re-enactment different times and places order to conceive a cross-cultural world literature? This essay sets out explore, within the discursive mode lyric, whether notion gesture could be more helpful than meaning-based translation account transferability literary texts envi...

The term" Azazel," which appears four times in the prescriptions for the Day of Atonement (Lev 16:8, 10, 26), has elicited much debate. Although many scholars have identified Azazel with a demonic figure to whom the sin-laden scapegoat was dispatched, the term remains undefined in the biblical text. This article will attempt to demonstrate that two noncanonical Jewish works, 1 Enoch and the Apo...

This paper presents, for the first time, a comprehensive scholarly examination of the history and principles of major traditions of esoteric healing. After a brief conceptual overview of esoteric religion and healing, summaries are provided of eight major esoteric traditions, including descriptions of beliefs and practices related to health, healing, and medicine. These include what are termed ...