05088nam a2200637Ka 4500 ocn702478263 OCoLC 20200709055322.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110217s2011 nyu ob 011 0 eng d N$T N$T (2 9783110222012 3110222019 9783110222029 (electronic bk.) 3110222027 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)702478263 349519 (N$T) eng grc heb syr BM487 .W58 2011eb REL 006700 bisacsh 229/.91 22 N$TA 880-01 With letters of light [electronic resource] = [Be-otiyot shel or] : studies in the Dead Sea scrolls, early Jewish apocalypticism, magic and mysticism in honor of Rachel Elior / edited by Daphna V. Arbel and Andrei A. Orlov. Studies in the Dead Sea scrolls, early Jewish apocalypticism, magic and mysticism in honor of Rachel Elior 880-02 Be-otiyot shel or New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2011. 1 online resource (vii, 456 p.) Ekstasis, religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages ; v. 2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-447) and index. Rachel Elior : an appreciation from her colleagues and students / Daphna Arbel and Andrei Orlov -- The consideration of religious experience in the work of Racel Elior / Frances Flannery -- Peter and the patriarch : a confluence of traditions? / Kelley Coblentz Bautch -- In heaven or on earth : a misplaced temple question about Ezekiel's visions / Silviu N. Bunta -- Scriptural exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels, a legendary account of the hiding of the temple treasures / James R. Davila -- Cultivating visions through exegetical meditations / Dan Merkur -- "Serpentine" eve in Syriac Christian literature of late antiquity / Sergey Minov -- From "pre-emptive exegesis" to "pre-emptive speculation"? Ma'aseh Bereshit in Genesis Rabbah and Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer / Annette Yoshiko Reed -- Earthly and heavenly Jerusalem in Philo and Paul : a tale of two cities / Mark Verman -- The Book of Watchers and the cycle of new year festivals / Crispin Fletcher-Louis -- A different spirituality or 'other' agents? : on the study of magic in Rabbinic literature / Yuval Harari -- "They revealed secrets to their wives" : the transmission of magical knowledge in 1 Enoch / Rebecca Lesses -- The impurity of oil and spit among the Qumran sectarians / Jodi Magness -- "The Likeness of heaven" : the Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham / Andrei Orlov -- Mystical motifs in a Greek synagogal prayer? / Pieter W. van der Horst -- "A chariot of light borne by four bright eagles" : Eve's vision of the chariot in the Greek life of Adam and Eve / Daphna Arbel -- "Messianic movements in the period of the crusades" / Joseph Dan -- Jesus revealed : the dynamics of early Christian mysticism / April D. DeConick -- Aseneth : ascetical practice, vision, and transformation / Celia Deutsch -- "You are gods" : multiple divine beings in late antique Jewish theology / Naomi Janowitz -- Transcribing experience / 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. Description based on print version record. Elior, Rachel. Dead Sea scrolls. Apocalyptic literature History and criticism. Jewish magic. Mysticism Judaism. Messianism. Festschriften. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Rabbinical literature History and criticism. Electronic books. RELIGION / Biblical Studies bisacsh Orlov, Andrei A., 1960- Arbel, Daphna. Print version: With letters of light. New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2011 9783110222012 (DLC) 2010025722 (OCoLC)643569628 Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; . 2. NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=349519 245-01/(2/r With letters of light [electronic resource] = באותיות של אור : studies in the Dead Sea scrolls, early Jewish apocalypticism, magic and mysticism in honor of Rachel Elior/ Andrei A. Orlov, Daphna V. Arbel. 246-02/(2/r באותיות של אור cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50111 50111