The mystery of God : : early Jewish mysticism and the New Testament / / by Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones.

• Author: Rowland, Christopher, 1947-
• TeilnehmendeR: Morray-Jones, Christopher R. A.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (716 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book brings together the perspectives of apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism to illuminate aspects of New Testament theology. The first part begins with a consideration of the mystical character of apocalypticism and then uses the Book of Revelation and the development of views about the heavenly mediator figure of Enoch to explore the importance of apocalypticism in the Gospels and Acts, the Pauline Letters and finally the key theological themes in the later books of the New Testament. The second and third parts explore the character of early Jewish mysticism by taking important themes in the early Jewish mystical texts such as the Temple and the Divine Body to demonstrate the relevance of this material to New Testament interpretation.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Mysticism And New Testament / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Apocalypticism: The Disclosure Of Heavenly Knowledge / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Enoch In Jewish And Early Christian Tradition / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Revelation And The Apocalyptic Visions Of God / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- The Mystical Element In The Gospels And Acts / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Paul And The Apocalypse Of Jesus Christ / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Christ Hidden And Revealed: Hebrews, Ephesians And Related Texts / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- The Ascension Of Isaiah And The Road To Gnosticism / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Things Into Which Angels Long To Look: Apocalypticism, Mysticism And Eschatology In The New Testament / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Merkava Mysticism In Rabbinic And Hekhalot Literature / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- A Version Of Hekhalot Zutarti / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- The Temple Within: The Embodied Divine Image And Its Worship In The Dead Sea Scrolls And Other Early Jewish And Christian Sources / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- The Ascent Into Paradise: Paul'S Apostolic Calling And Its Background / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Methods And Assumptions In Interpreting Mystical And Rabbinic Texts: The Case Of The Four Who Entered Pardes / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- The Shiur Koma And The Angelic "Youth" / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Shiur Koma Traditions In Jewish And Hellenistic Sources / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- The Epistle To The Ephesians / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Cumulative Bibliography / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- Source Index / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND NAMES / Christopher Rowland and Christopher R.A. Morray-Jones.