Hekhalot literature in translation : major texts of Merkavah mysticism /

Hekhalot literature in translation : major texts of Merkavah mysticism /

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 r...

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Main Author: Davila, James R., 1960-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 20.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.

Subjects:

Heikhalot rabbati.
Heikhalot zutrati.
Maʻaśeh merkavah.
Kitve-yad ha-Genizah.
Hekhalot literature > Translations into English > History and criticism.
Merkava.
Mysticism > Judaism.
Cairo Genizah.

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Call Number: BM525.A2 D38 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter /
  • James R. Davila
  • Introduction /
  • James R. Davila
  • Hekhalot Rabbati: The Greater (Book of the Heavenly) Palaces /
  • James R. Davila
  • Sar Torah: The Prince of Torah /
  • James R. Davila
  • Hekhalot Zutarti: the Lesser (Book of the Heavenly) Palaces /
  • James R. Davila
  • Maʻaseh Merkavah: The Working of the Chariot /
  • James R. Davila
  • Merkavah Rabba: The Great (Book of the) Chariot /
  • James R. Davila
  • Some Shorter Macroforms /
  • James R. Davila
  • Geniza Fragments /
  • James R. Davila
  • Indexes /
  • James R. Davila.