Dazzling Blue:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Dazzling Blue: "
Gadi Sagiv

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079228
Doc. No	:	LA122857
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341459‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Gadi Sagiv
Title & Author	:	Dazzling Blue: [Article] : Color Symbolism, Kabbalistic Myth, and the Evil Eye in Judaism\ Gadi Sagiv
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	64/2-3
Page No	:	183–208
Abstract	:	The color blue is thought to protect against the evil eye in Mediterranean cultures. This article unfolds the yet-unstudied role played by kabbalistic theology, symbolism, and myth in the construction of the color blue as a protective color for Jews. It traces particularly the development of a medieval kabbalistic myth of a dazzling blue garment of the feminine aspect of the godhead, protecting her from contact with evil forces. The article shows how this myth became the foundation for various practices against the evil eye among Jews in the modern period and contextualizes this myth within theories about the evil eye. The color blue is thought to protect against the evil eye in Mediterranean cultures. This article unfolds the yet-unstudied role played by kabbalistic theology, symbolism, and myth in the construction of the color blue as a protective color for Jews. It traces particularly the development of a medieval kabbalistic myth of a dazzling blue garment of the feminine aspect of the godhead, protecting her from contact with evil forces. The article shows how this myth became the foundation for various practices against the evil eye among Jews in the modern period and contextualizes this myth within theories about the evil eye.
Descriptor	:	blue
Descriptor	:	color symbolism
Descriptor	:	evil eye
Descriptor	:	Judaism
Descriptor	:	Kabbalah
Descriptor	:	magic
Descriptor	:	myth
Descriptor	:	ritual
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685276-12341459‬