Hekhalot literature in translation : major texts of Merkavah mysticism /
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| Author / Creator: | Davila, James R., 1960- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (443 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, 1873-9008 ; v. 20 Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 20. |
| Subject: |
Ma⁽as⁺ѓeh merkavah.
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12587714 |
| 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.<br> <br> <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (443 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004252165 9004252169 1299691005 9781299691001 9789004252158 9004252150 |
| ISSN: | 1873-9008 ; |