With Letters of Light: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic, and Mysticism in Honor of Rachel Elior

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With Letters of Light

Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic, and Mysticism in Honor of Rachel Elior

Edited by: Daphna V. Arbel and Andrei A. Orlov

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2011

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Volume 2 | Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

About this book

This collection of essays is a tribute to Rachel Elior’s decades of teaching, scholarship and mentoring. If a Festschrift reflects the individuality of the honoree, then this volume offers insights into the scope of Rachel Elior’s interests and scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish apocalypticism, magic, and mysticism from the Second Temple period to the later rabbinic and Hekhalot developments. The majority of articles included in the volume deal with Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical texts constituting the core of experiential dimension of these religious traditions.

Second volume of new series Ekstasis
Reflects newest research
In-depth insights into relevant Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical texts

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Daphna V. Arbel, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Andrei A. Orlov, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	V
Rachel Elior – An Appreciation from her Colleagues and Students Daphna Arbel and Andrei Orlov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The Consideration of Religious Experience in the Work of Rachel Elior Frances Flannery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	6
I. Exegesis
Peter and the Patriarch: A Confluence of Traditions? Kelley Coblentz Bautch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
In Heaven or on Earth: A Misplaced Temple Question about Ezekiel’s Visions Silviu N. Bunta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	28
Scriptural Exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels, A Legendary Account of the Hiding of the Temple Treasures James R. Davila Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
Cultivating Visions through Exegetical Meditations Dan Merkur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	62
“Serpentine” Eve in Syriac Christian Literature of Late Antiquity Sergey Minov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	92
From “Pre-Emptive Exegesis” to “Pre-Emptive Speculation”? Ma‘aseh Bereshit in Genesis Rabbah and Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer Annette Yoshiko Reed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalem in Philo and Paul: A Tale of Two Cities Mark Verman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
II. Ritual
The Book of Watchers and the Cycle of New Year Festivals Crispin Fletcher-Louis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
A Different Spirituality or “Other” Agents?: On the Study of Magic in Rabbinic Literature Yuval Harari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
“They Revealed Secrets to Their Wives”: The Transmission of Magical Knowledge in 1 Enoch Rebecca Lesses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	196
The Impurity of Oil and Spit amongthe Qumran Sectarians Jodi Magness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
“The Likeness of Heaven”: The Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham Andrei Orlov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	232
Mystical Motifs in a Greek Synagogal Prayer? Pieter W. Horst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	254
III. Transformation
“A Chariot of Light Borne by Four Bright Eagles”: Eve’s Vision of the Chariot in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve Daphna Arbel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
“Messianic Movements in the Period of the Crusades” Joseph Dan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
Jesus Revealed: The Dynamics of Early Christian Mysticism April D. DeConick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	299
Aseneth: Ascetical Practice, Vision and Transformation Celia Deutsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	325
“You Are Gods”: Multiple Divine Beings in Late Antique Jewish Theology Naomi Janowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	349
Transcribing Experience Alan F. Segal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	365
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383

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eBook published on:

November 19, 2010

eBook ISBN:

9783110222029

Hardcover published on:

November 26, 2010

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110222012

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Front matter:

7

Main content:

456

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110222029

eBook ISBN: 9783110222029

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110222012

Keywords for this book

Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism; Dead Sea Scrolls; Old Testament Pseudepigrapha; Second Temple Judaism; Christian Origin

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Academics, Institutes, Libraries

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