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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453790303321

Autore

Dobroruka Vicente <1969->

Titolo

Second Temple pseudepigraphy : a cross-cultural comparison of apocalyptic texts and related Jewish literature / / Vicente Dobroruka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-11-033378-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Ekstasis : religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages ; ; volume 4

Disciplina

229/.91

Soggetti

Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Jews - History - 586 B.C.-70 A.D

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why a cross-cultural approach is needed in order to try a different understanding of Second Temple pseudepigraphy -- Chapter 2. How much is automatic writing useful as a hermeneutic tool? -- Chapter 3. Automatic writing in modern-day Kardecism -- Chapter 4. Automatic writing in Antiquity regarding religious texts -- Chapter 5. Philo, Josephus and 4Ezra: the main testimonies for inspired writing during the Second Temple Period -- Chapter 6. Considerations on religious pseudepigraphy in Antiquity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index for Biblical Sources -- Index for Pseudepigraphical Sources -- Index for Classical Sources -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

At this point of the scholarly debate on the nature of Second Temple pseudepigraphy, one may ask why another look at the problem is needed. This book is not the definitive answer to that problem but it proposes different paths - or better still, a two-fold path: on one hand to understand Second Temple pseudepigraphy as a mystical experience



and on the other, for lack of a suitable ancient example, to compare it to modern-day automatic writing.