Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Wondrous Nature and Natural Wonders -- 2. The World Made Flesh -- 3. Between Body and Soul -- 4. The Pious Werewolf -- 5. Between Sewer, Synagogue, and Cemetery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary
In A Remembrance of His Wonders, David I. Shyovitz uncovers the sophisticated ways in which medieval Ashkenazic Jews engaged with the workings and meaning of the natural world, and traces the porous boundaries between medieval science and mysticism, nature and the supernatural, and ultimately, Christians and Jews