Mysticism in Rabbinic Judaism : Studies in the History of Midrash / Ira Chernus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chernus, Ira, author.

Series:

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Band XI.

Studia Judaica ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merkava in rabbinical literature.

Mysticism--Judaism.

Mysticism.

Midrash.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 162 pages).

Edition:

Reprint 2018

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica , continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

I. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN TANNAITIC MIDRASH

II. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH

III. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH

IV. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH AFTER THE THIRD-CENTURY

V. "NOURISHED BY THE SPLENDOR OF THE SHEKINAH:" A MYSTICAL MOTIF IN RABBINIC MIDRASH

VI. MERKABAH MYSTICISM AND ESCHATOLOGY IN MID RASH

VII. "A WALL OF FIRE ROUND ABOUT": ON THE HISTORY OF AN ESCHATOLOGICAL MOTIF IN MIDRASH

VIII. HISTORY AND PARADOX IN RABBINIC MIDRASH

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-145) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9783110085891

9783110852066 (ebook)

OCLC:

1024035694