Selected studies in the Slavonic pseudepigrapha /

Selected studies in the Slavonic pseudepigrapha /

This volume is a study of two of the most important Slavonic apocalypses, the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch, as crucial conceptual links between the symbolic universes of Second Temple apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism. The study seeks to understand the mediating role of these Slavonic p...

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Main Author: Orlov, Andrei A., 1960-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha 23.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004223103.

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Apocalypse of Abraham > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Slavonic book of Enoch > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) > Translations into Church Slavic > History and criticism.
Mysticism > Judaism.
Merkava.

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Call Number: BS1830.A62 O75 2009

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Summary:This volume is a study of two of the most important Slavonic apocalypses, the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch, as crucial conceptual links between the symbolic universes of Second Temple apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism. The study seeks to understand the mediating role of these Slavonic pseudepigraphical texts in the development of Jewish angelological and theophanic traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to later Jewish Merkabah mysticism attested in the Hekhalot and Shiʿur Qomah materials. The study shows that mediatorial traditions of the principal angels and the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism.
Item Description:Consists in part of previously published essays.
"This volume is a study of two of the most important Slavonic apocalypses, the Apocalypse of Abraham and 2 Enoch, as crucial conceptual links between the symbolic universes of Second Temple apocalypticism and early Jewish mysticism. The study seeks to understand the mediating role of these Slavonic pseudepigraphical texts in the development of Jewish angelological and theophanic traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to later Jewish Merkabah mysticism attested in the Hekhalot and Shiur Qomah materials. The study shows that mediatorial traditions of the principal angels and the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism"--ECIP data view.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789047441144
ISSN:0169-8125 ;
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