04922nam 2200817Ia 450 991078567390332120230725030535.01-282-93410-497866129341003-11-022202-710.1515/9783110222029(CKB)2670000000067747(EBL)669157(OCoLC)707068876(SSID)ssj0000444837(PQKBManifestationID)11293208(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444837(PQKBWorkID)10481292(PQKB)10909928(MiAaPQ)EBC669157(DE-B1597)37177(OCoLC)775643587(OCoLC)961502037(DE-B1597)9783110222029(Au-PeEL)EBL669157(CaPaEBR)ebr10435727(CaONFJC)MIL293410(OCoLC)816493413(EXLCZ)99267000000006774720100618d2010 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrWith letters of light[electronic resource] 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. OrlovNew York Walter de Gruyter20101 online resource (464 p.)Ekstasis, religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages ;v. 2Description based upon print version of record.3-11-022201-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Rachel Elior - An Appreciation from her Colleagues and Students --The Consideration of Religious Experience in the Work of Rachel Elior --I. Exegesis --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 --II. Ritual --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? --III. Transformation --"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 --BackmatterThis collection of essays is a tribute to Rachel Elior's decades of teaching, scholarship and mentoring. If a Festschrift reflects the individuality of the honoree, then this volume offers insights into the scope of Rachel Elior's interests and 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.Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ;v. 2.Apocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismJewish magicMessianismMysticismJudaismRabbinical literatureHistory and criticismChristian Origin.Dead Sea Scrolls.Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism.Old Testament Pseudepigrapha.Second Temple Judaism.Apocalyptic literatureHistory and criticism.Jewish magic.Messianism.MysticismJudaism.Rabbinical literatureHistory and criticism.229/.91Arbel Daphna1522097Orlov Andrei A.1960-1516862Elior Rachel1497681MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785673903321With letters of light3761642UNINA