Origins of Jewish Mysticism

Name: Origins of Jewish Mysticism
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ISBN: 9780691142159

ISBN-10: 0691142157

ISBN-13: 9780691142159

Edition: 2011

Authors: Peter Schï¿½fer, Peter Schafer

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction


Mysticism


Jewish Mysticism



Phases of Jewish Mysticism



Unio mystica


Origins


The Origins of Jewish Mysticism



Ezekiel's Vision: The Cosmos as Temple



Enoch and His Circle: Ascent to Heaven


The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch 1-36)


The Testament of Levi


Similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71)


2 Enoch



Enoch's Companions: From the Community to the Individual


Apocalypse of Abraham


Ascension of Isaiah


Apocalypse of Zephaniah


Apocalypse of John



Qumran: Communion with the Angels


A Community of Priests


Communion with the Angels in the Holy War


Liturgical Communion with the Angels


The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice


The Self-Glorification Hymn


Summary



Philo: The Ascent of the Soul


Philo's Concept of God


Body and Soul, Senses and Mind


The Soul's Vision of God



The Rabbis I: Approaching God through Exegesis


Reading and Expounding the Torah


The Cycle of Seven Stories







Chain of Transmission



Four Entered a Garden



Parable of the King's Garden



Parable of the Middle Course



Ben Zoma and Creation



Creation


Summary



The Rabbis II: The Merkavah in Context


Yerushalmi


Bavli



The Merkavah Mystics


Hekhalot Rabbati



The Gedullah Hymns



The Qedushah Hymns



The Ten Martyrs Narrative



The Apocalypses



Qedushah Hymns and Hymns of Praise



The Ascent Accounts


Hekhalot Zutarti



ï¿½ 335-374: Ascent Accounts



ï¿½ 375-406: Metatron



ï¿½ 407-427: The Test of the Mystic and His Ascent



ï¿½ 489-495: The Book of the Mysteries of the Divine Names



ï¿½ 498-517: The Magic of the Name


Shi'ur Qomah


3 Enoch



Ishmael's Ascent



Enoch Is Metatron


Summary



Conclusions


Ezekiel and the Ascent Apocalypses


Hekhalot Literature


Qumran


The Rabbis


Philo


Mysticism


Bibliography


Source Index


General Index