With letters of light : 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. Orlov.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Arbel, Daphna.
• Orlov, Andrei A., 1960-
• Elior, Rachel.

Series:

• Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; v. 2.
• Ekstasis, religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
• Jewish magic.
• Messianism.
• Mysticism--Judaism.
• Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
• Bible. O.T--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

• 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
• Backmatter

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9786612934100
• 9781282934108
• 1282934104
• 9783110222029
• 3110222027

OCLC:

707068876