Watts/Sensing Sacred Texts, 4. Engaging All the Senses

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How to Cite: Schleicher, Marianne. Engaging All the Senses: On Multi-sensory Stimulation in the Process of Making and Inaugurating a Torah Scroll. Sensing Sacred Texts. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 39-56 Oct 2018. ISBN 9781781795767.

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Marianne Schleicher provides a detailed analysis of the ritualized processes of creating and installing a Torah scroll in a Jewish congregation. By grounding the artefactual uses of the scroll in each of the five senses, her essay demonstrates the pre-cognitive ways in which sensation shapes religious experiences of the text.

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  • container title
    Sensing Sacred Texts
  • creator
    Marianne Schleicher
  • isbn
    9781781797426 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • rights
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • series title
    Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781797426