LEADER 04922nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910785673903321 005 20230725030535.0 010 $a1-282-93410-4 010 $a9786612934100 010 $a3-11-022202-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110222029 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067747 035 $a(EBL)669157 035 $a(OCoLC)707068876 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000444837 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11293208 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444837 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10481292 035 $a(PQKB)10909928 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC669157 035 $a(DE-B1597)37177 035 $a(OCoLC)775643587 035 $a(OCoLC)961502037 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110222029 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL669157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435727 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293410 035 $a(OCoLC)816493413 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067747 100 $a20100618d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWith letters of light$b[electronic resource] $estudies in the Dead Sea scrolls, early Jewish apocalypticism, magic, and mysticism ; in honor of Rachel Elior /$fedited by Daphna V. Arbel and Andrei A. Orlov 210 $aNew York $cWalter de Gruyter$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (464 p.) 225 1 $aEkstasis, religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages ;$vv. 2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a3-11-022201-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tRachel Elior - An Appreciation from her Colleagues and Students --$tThe Consideration of Religious Experience in the Work of Rachel Elior --$tI. Exegesis --$tPeter and the Patriarch: A Confluence of Traditions? --$tIn Heaven or on Earth: A Misplaced Temple Question about Ezekiel's Visions --$tScriptural Exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels, A Legendary Account of the Hiding of the Temple Treasures --$tCultivating Visions through Exegetical Meditations --$t"Serpentine" Eve in Syriac Christian Literature of Late Antiquity --$tFrom "Pre-Emptive Exegesis" to "Pre-Emptive Speculation"? Ma'aseh Bereshit in Genesis Rabbah and Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer --$tEarthly and Heavenly Jerusalem in Philo and Paul: A Tale of Two Cities --$tII. Ritual --$tThe Book of Watchers and the Cycle of New Year Festivals --$tA Different Spirituality or "Other" Agents?: On the Study of Magic in Rabbinic Literature --$t"They Revealed Secrets to Their Wives": The Transmission of Magical Knowledge in 1 Enoch --$tThe Impurity of Oil and Spit among the Qumran Sectarians --$t"The Likeness of Heaven": The Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham --$tMystical Motifs in a Greek Synagogal Prayer? --$tIII. Transformation --$t"A Chariot of Light Borne by Four Bright Eagles": Eve's Vision of the Chariot in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve --$t"Messianic Movements in the Period of the Crusades" --$tJesus Revealed: The Dynamics of Early Christian Mysticism --$tAseneth: Ascetical Practice, Vision and Transformation --$t"You Are Gods": Multiple Divine Beings in Late Antique Jewish Theology --$tTranscribing Experience --$tBackmatter 330 $aThis collection of essays is a tribute to Rachel Elior's decades of teaching, scholarship and mentoring. If a Festschrift reflects the individuality of the honoree, then this volume offers insights into the scope of Rachel Elior's interests and scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish apocalypticism, magic, and mysticism from the Second Temple period to the later rabbinic and Hekhalot developments. The majority of articles included in the volume deal with Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical texts constituting the core of experiential dimension of these religious traditions. 410 0$aEkstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ;$vv. 2. 606 $aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJewish magic 606 $aMessianism 606 $aMysticism$xJudaism 606 $aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism 610 $aChristian Origin. 610 $aDead Sea Scrolls. 610 $aEarly Jewish and Christian Mysticism. 610 $aOld Testament Pseudepigrapha. 610 $aSecond Temple Judaism. 615 0$aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJewish magic. 615 0$aMessianism. 615 0$aMysticism$xJudaism. 615 0$aRabbinical literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a229/.91 701 $aArbel$b Daphna$01522097 701 $aOrlov$b Andrei A.$f1960-$01516862 701 $aElior$b Rachel$01497681 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785673903321 996 $aWith letters of light$93761642 997 $aUNINA