With Letters of Light
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With Letters of Light

Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic, and Mysticism in Honor of Rachel Elior

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  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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With Letters of Light

Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic, and Mysticism in Honor of Rachel Elior

About this book

This 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.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9783110222012
eBook ISBN
9783110222029
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Ancient Religion

Table of contents

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Contents
  3. Rachel Elior – An Appreciation from her Colleagues and Students
  4. The Consideration of Religious Experience in the Work of Rachel Elior
  5. Peter and the Patriarch: A Confluence of Traditions?
  6. In Heaven or on Earth: A Misplaced Temple Question about Ezekiel’s Visions
  7. Scriptural Exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels, A Legendary Account of the Hiding of the Temple Treasures
  8. Cultivating Visions through Exegetical Meditations
  9. “Serpentine” Eve in Syriac Christian Literature of Late Antiquity
  10. From “Pre-Emptive Exegesis” to “Pre-Emptive Speculation”? Ma‘aseh Bereshit in Genesis Rabbah and Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer
  11. Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalem in Philo and Paul: A Tale of Two Cities
  12. The Book of Watchers and the Cycle of New Year Festivals
  13. A Different Spirituality or “Other” Agents?: On the Study of Magic in Rabbinic Literature
  14. “They Revealed Secrets to Their Wives”: The Transmission of Magical Knowledge in 1 Enoch
  15. The Impurity of Oil and Spit amongthe Qumran Sectarians
  16. “The Likeness of Heaven”: The Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham
  17. Mystical Motifs in a Greek Synagogal Prayer?
  18. “A Chariot of Light Borne by Four Bright Eagles”: Eve’s Vision of the Chariot in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve
  19. “Messianic Movements in the Period of the Crusades”
  20. Jesus Revealed: The Dynamics of Early Christian Mysticism
  21. Aseneth: Ascetical Practice, Vision and Transformation
  22. “You Are Gods”: Multiple Divine Beings in Late Antique Jewish Theology
  23. Transcribing Experience
  24. Backmatter