Hekhalot literature in translation [electronic resource] : major texts of Merkavah mysticism / by James R. Davila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davila, James R., 1960-

Series:

Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 20.

Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, 1873-9008 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hekhalot literature--History and criticism.

Hekhalot literature.

Merkava.

Mysticism--Judaism.

Mysticism.

Cairo Genizah.

Heikhalot rabbati.

Heikhalot zutrati.

Maʻaśeh merkavah.

Kitve-yad ha-Genizah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Hekhalot literature is a motley collection of textually fluid and often textually corrupt documents in Hebrew and Aramaic which deal with mystical themes pertaining especially to God's throne-chariot (the Merkavah). They were composed between late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, with roots in earlier traditions and a long and complex subsequent history of transmission. This volume presents English translations of eclectic critical texts, with a full apparatus of variants, of most of the major Hekhalot documents: Hekhalot Rabbati ; Sar Torah ; Hekhalot Zutarti ; Ma'aseh Merkavah ; Merkavah Rabba ; briefer macroforms: The Chapter of R. Nehuniah ben HaQanah , The Great Seal-Fearsome Crown , Sar Panim , The Ascent of Elijah ben Avuyah , and The Youth ; and the Hekhalot fragments from the Cairo Geniza.

Contents:

Hekhalot Rabbati: the greater (book of the heavenly) palaces

Sar Torah: the prince of Torah

Hekhalot Zutarti: the lesser (book of the heavenly) palaces

Ma'aseh merkavah: the working of the chariot

Merkavah Rabba: the great (book of the) chariot

Some shorter macroforms

Geniza fragments.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

90-04-25216-9

OCLC:

851157002

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004252165 DOI