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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Shyovitz, David I., author.

      Title: A remembrance of His wonders : nature and the supernatural in medieval Ashkenaz / David I. Shyovitz.

      Other titles: Jewish culture and contexts.

      Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017] | Series: Jewish culture and contexts | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016048007 | ISBN 9780812249118 (hardcover : alk. paper)

      Subjects: LCSH: Hasidism, Medieval. | Nature—Religious aspects—Judaism—History of doctrines—Middle Ages, 600–1500. | Human body—Religious aspects—Judaism—History of doctrines—Middle Ages, 600–1500. | Soul—Judaism—History of doctrines—Middle Ages, 600–1500. | Judaism—History—Medieval and early modern period, 425–1789. | Ashkenazim—History—To 1500. | Jews—Germany—History—1096–1800. | Judaism—Relations—Christianity—History—To 1500. | Christianity and other religions—Judaism—History—To 1500.

      Classification: LCC BM316 .S59 2017 | DDC 296.3094/0902—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016048007

      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