| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 317 pages .) |
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Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; volume 90 |
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Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; v. 90.
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| Contents |
Preface; List of Abbreviations and Transcriptions; Part 1; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Quest for the Mystical Reality: Reflections on the Ontological Provenance of the Hekhalot Hymns and Visions; Chapter 2 Two Essential Qualities of Jewish Apocalyptic; Chapter 3 The Mystical Elements in Apocalyptic; Chapter 4 The Attitude Towards the Merkavah Speculations in the Literature of the Tannaim and Amoraim; Chapter 5 The Hekhalot Literature; Part 2; Introduction; Reʼuyot Yehẹzkel; Hekhalot Zutarti; Hekhalot Rabbati; Maʻaseh Merkavah; Hekhalot Fragments; Sefer Hekhalot (3 Enoch) |
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Merkavah RabbahMasekhet Hekhalot; Shiʻur Qomah; Physiognomy, Chiromancy and Metoposcopy; Sefer Ha-Razim; Concluding Chapter: When Magical Techniques and Mystical Practices Become Neighbors: Methodological Considerations; Appendices; 1. Metatron, The Meaning of His Name and His Functions; 2. The Knowledge of Halakha by the Author (or Authors) of the Heikhaloth; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This is a new and revised edition of the book first published 1980. It contains new introductory and concluding chapters as well as a Bibliography and updated Index. Furthermore, substantial corrections, updates, and changes have been made in the original text. The changes concern matters of language and style, they nuance the line of argumentation, and they update the discussion of major issues. The new chapters fill several scholarly gaps that have opened since the initial publication of this book in 1980 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Heikhalot gnd |
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Mysticism -- Judaism.
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Apocalyptic literature.
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Throne of God.
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Apocalyptic literature
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Mysticism -- Judaism
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Throne of God
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Apokalyptik
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Merkava
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Mystik
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Judentum
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9004279202 |
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9789004279209 |
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