Apocalyptic and Merkavah mysticism / / Ithamar Gruenwald.
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 languag...
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| Superior document: | Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, Volume 90 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Second, revised edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ;
Volume 90. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 The Quest for the Mystical Reality: Reflections on the Ontological Provenance of the Hekhalot Hymns and Visions
- 2 Two Essential Qualities of Jewish Apocalyptic
- 3 The Mystical Elements in Apocalyptic
- 4 The Attitude Towards the Merkavah Speculations in the Literature of the Tannaim and Amoraim
- 5 The Hekhalot Literature
- Introduction
- Reʾuyot Yeḥezkel
- Hekhalot Zutarti
- Hekhalot Rabbati
- Maʿaseh Merkavah
- Hekhalot Fragments
- Sefer Hekhalot (3 Enoch)
- Merkavah Rabbah
- Masekhet Hekhalot
- Shiʿur Qomah
- Physiognomy, Chiromancy and Metoposcopy
- Sefer Ha-Razim
- Concluding Chapter When Magical Techniques and Mystical Practices Become Neighbors: Methodological Considerations
- Appendices by Saul Lieberman
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.