Texting with Angels: Modern Jewish Tales of Magic and Mystery [New Tricks -- The Light of Afternoon -- The Trials of an Angel -- The Lost Original -- Force of Habit ]

Ramer, Andrew ; afterword by Mychal Copeland ; blurbs, Joel Ben Izzy, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Rabbi Eliot Kukla, Rabbi Deborah J Bein; Daniel Matt, Marcia Falk

ISBN 10: 1666737054 / ISBN 13: 9781666737059

Published by Resource Publications, Eugene, OR, 2022, 2022

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xi, 166 pages ; 21 cm ; ISBN 9781666737059, 1666737054 LCCN OCLC 1342101441 pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; New Tricks -- The Light of Afternoon -- The Trials of an Angel -- The Lost Original -- Force of Habit ; Within the pages of this book, you'll meet an urban demon, a witch in the suburbs, a Jewish vampire, a magic dog, and a golem named Judith. You'll find out what happened to Marx, Freud, and Einstein after they died, read lost Jewish texts, learn about the messiah and her unfolding mission, and spend time with a goofy angel and a kvetchy one--the two of them (perhaps) a couple, but neither of them the transmitters of these tales.; FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Texting with Angels: Modern Jewish Tales of Magic and Mystery [New Tricks -- The Light of Afternoon -- The Trials of an Angel -- The Lost Original -- Force of Habit ]
• Publisher: Resource Publications, Eugene, OR, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666737054
• ISBN 13: 9781666737059
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Within the pages of this book, you’ll meet an urban demon, a witch in the suburbs, a Jewish vampire, a magic dog, and a golem named Judith. You’ll find out what happened to Marx, Freud, and Einstein after they died, read lost Jewish texts, learn about the messiah and her unfolding mission, and spend time with a goofy angel and a kvetchy one—the two of them (perhaps) a couple, but neither of them the transmitters of these tales.

About the Author

Eli Andrew Ramer is the author of several books from Wipf and Stock including Ever After, a queer extension of the lives of 11 famous writers, Revelations for a New Millennium, and five books of Jewish stories: Texting with Angels, Queering the Text, Torah Told Different, Deathless, and Fragments of the Brooklyn Talmud. He's a co-author of the international best seller Ask Your Angels and the author of Angel Answers. An ordained maggid (sacred storyteller in the Jewish tradition) he lives in Oakland, California up the street from an amusement park called Fairyland. For more information on his writing and teaching please visit his website -

www.andrewramer.com