An edition of Hekhalot literature in context
(2013)
Hekhalot literature in context
between Byzantium and Babylonia
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"Hekhalot literature, the earliest expression of Jewish mysticism, emerged in Palestine and Babylonia in late antiquity (ca. 500-900 C.E.). In the present volume, an international team of experts explores the literary formation, cultural meanings, religious functions, and textual transmission of this literature."--Back of dust jacket.
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Hekhalot literature in context: between Byzantium and Babylonia
2013, Mohr Siebeck
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Table of Contents
Introduction : Hekhalot literature at the intersections of Jewish regional cultures -- Ra'anan Boustan
The formation of Hekhalot literature : linguistic, literary, and cultural contexts --
The language of Hekhalot literature : preliminary observations -- Noam Mizrahi
Metatron in Babylonia -- Peter Schäfer
Hekhalot and Piyyut : from Byzantium to Babylonia and back -- Michael D. Swartz
The emperor's many bodies : the demise of emperor Lupinus revisited -- Alexei Sivertsev
Jewish mysticism in Byzantium : the transformation of Merkavah mysticism in 3 Enoch -- Klaus Herrmann
Between 3 Enoch and Bavli Hagigah : Heresiology and Orthopraxy in the Ascent of Elisha ben Abuyah -- David M. Grossberg
Hekhalot literature, the babylonian academies, and the tanna'im -- Moulie Vidas
The transmission and reception of Hekhalot literature : toward the middle ages --
The Hekhalot Genizah -- Peter Schäfer
Observations on the transmission of Hekhalot literature in the Cairo Genizah -- Gideon Bohak
A prolegomenon to the study of Hekhalot traditions in European Piyyut -- Ophir Münz-Manor
Early Jewish mysticism in comparative perspective : themes and patterns --
Major trends in rabbinic cosmology -- Reimund Leicht
Women and gender in the Hekhalot literature -- Rebecca Lesses
"What is below?" : mysteries of Leviathan in the early jewish accounts and Mishnah Hagigah 2:1 -- Andrei A. Orlov
Rites of passage in magic and mysticism -- Michael Meerson
Rethinking (Jewish- )Christian evidence for Jewish mysticism -- Annette Yoshiko Reed-- Bibliography-- Contributors-- Index of primary sources-- Index of proper names-- Index of modern scholars.
Edition Notes
Selected papers from the "Hekhalot literature in context" conference held at Princeton University November 14-16, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-410) and indexes.
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