Without Bounds: The Life and Death of Rabbi YA'Aqov Wazana

by Yoram Bilu and Author Yoram Bilu

Book Overview

Without Bounds illuminates the life of the mysterious Rabbi Ya'aqov Wazana, a Jewish healer who worked in the Western High Atlas region in southern Morocco and died there in the early 1950s. Impressed by his healing powers and shamanic virtuosity, Moroccan Jews are intrigued by his lifestyle and contacts with the Muslim and the demonic worlds that dangerously blurred his Jewish identity.

Based on interviews with Moroccan Jews conducted in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814343244
• ISBN13: 9780814343241
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"