With letters of light
With letters of light [Be-otiyot shel or] : studies in the Dead Sea scrolls, early Jewish apocalypticism, magic and mysticism in honor of Rachel Elior / [electronic resource] =
Studies in the Dead Sea scrolls, early Jewish apocalypticism, magic and mysticism in honor of Rachel Elior Be-otiyot shel or
edited by Daphna V. Arbel and Andrei A. Orlov.
- New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2011.
- 1 online resource (vii, 456 p.)
- Ekstasis, religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages ; v. 2 .
- Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; . 2. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-447) and index.
Rachel Elior : an appreciation from her colleagues and students / The consideration of religious experience in the work of Racel Elior / Peter and the patriarch : a confluence of traditions? / In heaven or on earth : a misplaced temple question about Ezekiel's visions / Scriptural exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels, a legendary account of the hiding of the temple treasures / Cultivating visions through exegetical meditations / "Serpentine" eve in Syriac Christian literature of late antiquity / From "pre-emptive exegesis" to "pre-emptive speculation"? Ma'aseh Bereshit in Genesis Rabbah and Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer / Earthly and heavenly Jerusalem in Philo and Paul : a tale of two cities / The Book of Watchers and the cycle of new year festivals / A different spirituality or 'other' agents? : on the study of magic in Rabbinic literature / "They revealed secrets to their wives" : the transmission of magical knowledge in 1 Enoch / The impurity of oil and spit among the Qumran sectarians / "The Likeness of heaven" : the Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham / Mystical motifs in a Greek synagogal prayer? / "A chariot of light borne by four bright eagles" : Eve's vision of the chariot in the Greek life of Adam and Eve / "Messianic movements in the period of the crusades" / Jesus revealed : the dynamics of early Christian mysticism / Aseneth : ascetical practice, vision, and transformation / "You are gods" : multiple divine beings in late antique Jewish theology / Transcribing experience / Daphna Arbel and Andrei Orlov -- Frances Flannery -- Kelley Coblentz Bautch -- Silviu N. Bunta -- James R. Davila -- Dan Merkur -- Sergey Minov -- Annette Yoshiko Reed -- Mark Verman -- Crispin Fletcher-Louis -- Yuval Harari -- Rebecca Lesses -- Jodi Magness -- Andrei Orlov -- Pieter W. van der Horst -- Daphna Arbel -- Joseph Dan -- April D. DeConick -- Celia Deutsch -- Naomi Janowitz -- Alan F. Segal.
"This volume offers valuable insights into a wide range of scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish apocalypticism, magic, and mysticism from the Second Temple period to the later rabbinic and Hekhalot developments. The majority of articles included in the volume deal with Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical texts constituting the core of experiential dimension of these religious traditions"--ECIP summary.
With occasional Greek, Hebrew and Syriac.
9783110222029 (electronic bk.) 3110222027 (electronic bk.)
Elior, Rachel.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
Jewish magic.
Mysticism--Judaism.
Messianism.
Festschriften.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies
Electronic books.
BM487 / .W58 2011eb
229/.91
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-447) and index.
Rachel Elior : an appreciation from her colleagues and students / The consideration of religious experience in the work of Racel Elior / Peter and the patriarch : a confluence of traditions? / In heaven or on earth : a misplaced temple question about Ezekiel's visions / Scriptural exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels, a legendary account of the hiding of the temple treasures / Cultivating visions through exegetical meditations / "Serpentine" eve in Syriac Christian literature of late antiquity / From "pre-emptive exegesis" to "pre-emptive speculation"? Ma'aseh Bereshit in Genesis Rabbah and Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer / Earthly and heavenly Jerusalem in Philo and Paul : a tale of two cities / The Book of Watchers and the cycle of new year festivals / A different spirituality or 'other' agents? : on the study of magic in Rabbinic literature / "They revealed secrets to their wives" : the transmission of magical knowledge in 1 Enoch / The impurity of oil and spit among the Qumran sectarians / "The Likeness of heaven" : the Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham / Mystical motifs in a Greek synagogal prayer? / "A chariot of light borne by four bright eagles" : Eve's vision of the chariot in the Greek life of Adam and Eve / "Messianic movements in the period of the crusades" / Jesus revealed : the dynamics of early Christian mysticism / Aseneth : ascetical practice, vision, and transformation / "You are gods" : multiple divine beings in late antique Jewish theology / Transcribing experience / Daphna Arbel and Andrei Orlov -- Frances Flannery -- Kelley Coblentz Bautch -- Silviu N. Bunta -- James R. Davila -- Dan Merkur -- Sergey Minov -- Annette Yoshiko Reed -- Mark Verman -- Crispin Fletcher-Louis -- Yuval Harari -- Rebecca Lesses -- Jodi Magness -- Andrei Orlov -- Pieter W. van der Horst -- Daphna Arbel -- Joseph Dan -- April D. DeConick -- Celia Deutsch -- Naomi Janowitz -- Alan F. Segal.
"This volume offers valuable insights into a wide range of scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish apocalypticism, magic, and mysticism from the Second Temple period to the later rabbinic and Hekhalot developments. The majority of articles included in the volume deal with Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical texts constituting the core of experiential dimension of these religious traditions"--ECIP summary.
With occasional Greek, Hebrew and Syriac.
9783110222029 (electronic bk.) 3110222027 (electronic bk.)
Elior, Rachel.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
Jewish magic.
Mysticism--Judaism.
Messianism.
Festschriften.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies
Electronic books.
BM487 / .W58 2011eb
229/.91
