Hekhalot Rabbati : the greater (book of the heavenly) palaces -- Text -- Sar Torah : the prince of Torah -- Text -- Hekhalot Zutarti : the lesser (book of the heavenly) palaces -- Text -- Ma'aseh merkavah : the working of the chariot -- Text -- Merkavah Rabba : the great (book of the) chariot -- Text -- Some shorter macroforms -- Text -- Geniza fragments -- Text -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Indices -- Index of modern authors -- Index of foreign words and Phrases -- Index of primary sources
Summary
The Hekhalot literature is a motley collection of Hebrew and Aramaic documents dealing with mystical themes pertaining especially to God's throne-chariot. This volume presents English translations of an eclectic text with critical apparatus of most of the major Hekhalot texts
