המסורות הגנוזות של המיסטיקה היהודית: מחקרי המיסטיקה היהודית הקדומה על פי עדויות של ספרים חיצוניים, ספרות הלניסטית, מקורות נוצריים ומוסלמיים

Translated title of the contribution: Hidden Traditions of Jewish Mysticism: studies in Ancient Jewish Mysticism in light of traditions from the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigrapha hellenistic literature, Christian and Islamic sources

M. Schneider

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Abstract

This is the second volume in a trilogy of studies on Jewish mythical and mystical traditions from the Second Temple through the early medieval ages. The book includes three extensive studies. The first deals with pseudepigraphic book of Joseph and Aseneth and explores the topics of ritual, initiation, mystical transformation and sacred marriage. The second chapter contains a thorough revision of the scholarly consensus about the pargod as a medium of mystical vision in Hekhalot literature and in the Apocalyptic. The third chapter is devoted to the 'Prince of peace', the divine-angelic-human messianic figure that embodies the principle of 'coincidentia oppositorum
Translated title of the contributionHidden Traditions of Jewish Mysticism: studies in Ancient Jewish Mysticism in light of traditions from the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigrapha hellenistic literature, Christian and Islamic sources
Original languageHebrew
Place of PublicationLos Angeles
PublisherCherub Press
Number of pages336
ISBN (Print) 193337926X
StatePublished - 2012

Publication series

Nameמקורות ומחקרים בספרות הקבלה
Volumeלא

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