Second Temple pseudepigraphy : a cross-cultural comparison of apocalyptic texts and related Jewish literature / Vicente Dobroruka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobroruka, Vicente, 1969-

Series:

Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; v. 4.

Ekstasis : religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages ; volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic literature.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At this point of the scholarly debate on the nature of Second Temple pseudepigraphy, one may ask why another look at the problem is needed. This book is not the definitive answer to that problem but it proposes different paths - or better still, a two-fold path: on one hand to understand Second Temple pseudepigraphy as a mystical experience and on the other, for lack of a suitable ancient example, to compare it to modern-day automatic writing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Preface

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Why a cross-cultural approach is needed in order to try a different understanding of Second Temple pseudepigraphy

Chapter 2. How much is automatic writing useful as a hermeneutic tool?

Chapter 3. Automatic writing in modern-day Kardecism

Chapter 4. Automatic writing in Antiquity regarding religious texts

Chapter 5. Philo, Josephus and 4Ezra: the main testimonies for inspired writing during the Second Temple Period

Chapter 6. Considerations on religious pseudepigraphy in Antiquity

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index for Biblical Sources

Index for Pseudepigraphical Sources

Index for Classical Sources

General Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110333787

3110333783

OCLC:

865329826