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Sepher Ha-Razim : The Book of Mysteries
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, Michael A., author.
- Series:
- Texts and Translations;
- Texts and Translations; ; v.25.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--History.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (109 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Sepher Ha-Razim
- Book of the mysteries.
- Place of Publication:
- : Society of Biblical Literature, 1983.
- Chico : SBL Press, 1983.
- Summary:
- Michael A. Morgan translates Mordecai Margaliath's text of Sepher Ha-Razim, a fourth century CE magical text, into English. Sepher Ha-Razim includes a story about the book's transmission from the angel Raziel to Noah eventually down to Solomon, six sections describing the nature, function, magical praxis and angelic inhabitants of six of the heavens, and the divine throne in the seventh heaven. With parallels to Talmudic passages, Enochic literature, and Hekhaloth literature, Sepher Ha-Razim sheds light on Greco-Roman magic in general and more specifically Jewish life in the early centuries CE.
- Contents:
- COVER
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- SIGLA
- TRANSLATION
- FIRST FIRMAMENT
- SECOND FIRMAMENT
- THIRD FIRMAMENT
- FOURTH FIRMAMENT
- FIFTH FIRMAMENT
- SIXTH FIRMAMENT
- SEVENTH FIRMAMENT
- APPENDIX: ANGELIC LISTS
- INDICES
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781628372663
- 1628372664
- OCLC:
- 1328132745
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