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A wideranging exploration of the Hekhalot and Merkavah literature a mystical Jewish tradition from late antiquity including a discussion of the possible cultural context of this materials creatorsBeholders of Divine Secrets provides a fascinating exploration of the enigmatic Hekhalot and Merkavah literature the Jewish mystical writings of late antiquity Vita Daphna Arbel delves into the unique nature of the mystical teachings experiences revelations and spiritual exegesis presented in this literature While previous scholarship has demonstrated the connection between Hekhalot and Merkavah mysticism and parallel traditions in Rabbinical writings the Dead Sea Scrolls apocalyptic early Christian and Gnostic sources this work points out additional mythological traditions that resonate in this literature Arbel suggests that mythological patterns of expression as well as themes and models rooted in Near Eastern mythological traditions are employed in a spiritualized fashion to communicate mystical content The possible cultural and social context of the Hekhalot and Merkavah mysticism and its composers is discussed
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The Hekhalot literature is a motley collection of Hebrew and Aramaic documents dealing with mystical themes pertaining especially to Gods thronechariot This volume presents English translations of an eclectic text with critical apparatus of most of the major Hekhalot texts
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A wideranging exploration of the Hekhalot and Merkavah literature a mystical Jewish tradition from late antiquity including a discussion of the possible cultural context of this materials creatorsBeholders of Divine Secrets provides a fascinating exploration of the enigmatic Hekhalot and Merkavah literature the Jewish mystical writings of late antiquity Vita Daphna Arbel delves into the unique nature of the mystical teachings experiences revelations and spiritual exegesis presented in this literature While previous scholarship has demonstrated the connection between Hekhalot and Merkavah mysticism and parallel traditions in Rabbinical writings the Dead Sea Scrolls apocalyptic early Christian and Gnostic sources this work points out additional mythological traditions that resonate in this literature Arbel suggests that mythological patterns of expression as well as themes and models rooted in Near Eastern mythological traditions are employed in a spiritualized fashion to communicate mystical content The possible cultural and social context of the Hekhalot and Merkavah mysticism and its composers is discussed
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The Origins of Jewish Mysticism offers the first indepth look at the history of Jewish mysticism from the book of Ezekiel to the Merkavah mysticism of late antiquity The Merkavah movement is widely recognized as the first fullfledged expression of Jewish mysticism one that had important ramifications for classical rabbinic Judaism and the emergence of the Kabbalah in twelfthcentury Europe Yet until now the origins and development of still earlier forms of Jewish mysticism have been largely overlooked In this book Peter Schäfer sheds new light on Ezekiels tantalizing vision the apocalyptic literature of Enoch the Dead Sea Scrolls the writings of the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo the rabbinical writings of the Talmudic period and the esotericism of the Merkavah mystics Schäfer questions whether we can accurately speak of Jewish mysticism as a uniform coherent phenomenon with origins in Judaisms mythical past Rather than imposing preconceived notions about mysticism on a great variety of writings that arose from different cultural religious and historical settings he reveals what these writings seek to tell us about the ageold human desire to get close to and communicate with God
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The Origins of Jewish Mysticism offers the first indepth look at the history of Jewish mysticism from the book of Ezekiel to the Merkavah mysticism of late antiquity The Merkavah movement is widely recognized as the first fullfledged expression of Jewish mysticism one that had important ramifications for classical rabbinic Judaism and the emergence of the Kabbalah in twelfthcentury Europe Yet until now the origins and development of still earlier forms of Jewish mysticism have been largely overlooked In this book Peter Schäfer sheds new light on Ezekiels tantalizing vision the apocalyptic literature of Enoch the Dead Sea Scrolls the writings of the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo the rabbinical writings of the Talmudic period and the esotericism of the Merkavah mystics Schäfer questions whether we can accurately speak of Jewish mysticism as a uniform coherent phenomenon with origins in Judaisms mythical past Rather than imposing preconceived notions about mysticism on a great variety of writings that arose from different cultural religious and historical settings he reveals what these writings seek to tell us about the ageold human desire to get close to and communicate with God
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In this first volume of the highlyacclaimed Presence of God series Bernard McGinn explores the origins of Christian mysticism from early Jewish apocalyptic writings to preChristian Greek contemplative thought the New Testament witnesses early Greek Patristic thought and the contribution of early monastic practice In Part 2 McGinn discusses Western Christian mysticism proper with special attention to Augustine of Hippo Of special interest is the nowinfluential appendix which reviews various theoretical approaches to mysticism
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This book represents the first widescale presentation and interpretation of prekabbalistic Jewish mysticism This is the Hekhalot or Merkavah mysticism The emphasis is on the conceptions of God the angels and man that the texts provide and that are the framework of the Judaic world view in late antiquity and the early Middle AgesThis interpretation is based on the major works of this early Jewish mysticism Hekhalot Rabbati The Greater Palaces Hekhalot Zutarti The Lesser Palaces Maaseh Merkavah The Working of the Chariot Merkavah Rabbah The Great Chariot and the Third Hebrew Book of Enoch Many quotations from this largely unknown body of esoteric literature are includedThe experience of the mystical heroes of this literature moves between the two poles of the heavenly journeybetween the ascent of the mystic through the seven palaces to the Throne of Glory and the adjuration the attempt to invoke God and his angels in order to force them to fulfill mans will Both are permeated by magic and the world view of this first stage of Jewish mysticism is thus deeply magical The circles which formed it were concerned with nothing less than a radical transformation of the world of normative Judaism that for centuries was determined by the Rabbis
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This book represents the first widescale presentation and interpretation of prekabbalistic Jewish mysticism This is the Hekhalot or Merkavah mysticism The emphasis is on the conceptions of God the angels and man that the texts provide and that are the framework of the Judaic world view in late antiquity and the early Middle AgesThis interpretation is based on the major works of this early Jewish mysticism Hekhalot Rabbati The Greater Palaces Hekhalot Zutarti The Lesser Palaces Maaseh Merkavah The Working of the Chariot Merkavah Rabbah The Great Chariot and the Third Hebrew Book of Enoch Many quotations from this largely unknown body of esoteric literature are includedThe experience of the mystical heroes of this literature moves between the two poles of the heavenly journeybetween the ascent of the mystic through the seven palaces to the Throne of Glory and the adjuration the attempt to invoke God and his angels in order to force them to fulfill mans will Both are permeated by magic and the world view of this first stage of Jewish mysticism is thus deeply magical The circles which formed it were concerned with nothing less than a radical transformation of the world of normative Judaism that for centuries was determined by the Rabbis
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The Shekinah is the manifestation of the Wisdom Goddess of the Kabbalahthe Old Testament and Merkavah Mysticism She encompasses the primordial light of creation the wisdom of the serpent and the inspiration of the dove She is the beauty of the lily and the embodiment of the Tree of Life She is also the World soul heavenly glory mother of angels inspiration for prophecy and source of souls as well as being the Shabbat Bride and the wife of GodIn The Cosmic Shekinah the authors present a concise history of the different influences of earlier wisdom goddesses on the development of the Shekinah These goddesses include the Sumerian Inanna the Egyptian Maat the GrecoEgyptian Isis the Semitic Anat and Astarte and the Canaanite Asherah They show that from these ancient sources the unnamed Wisdom Goddess and wife of God portrayed in the Old Testament and early Jewish wisdom literature arose It is this unnamed Wisdom Goddess who would subsequently become the source for the development of the Shekinah as well as the Gnostic Sophia The influence of the feminine divine as the Shekinah has continued to find expression with the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit of Christianity and the Sakina of Islam all being shaped by the enduring influence of the Wisdom GoddessThrough tracing her roles myths and functions the authors show that in addition to her resurgence the Wisdom Goddess has always been present throughout history even when she has been suppressed and disguised by deliberate exclusion and mistranslation Drawing on numerous sources including medieval Kabbalistic works Hekhalot texts of Merkavah Mysticism ancient literature such as the Egyptian Sumerian and Ugaritic myths the Old Testament Gnostic texts and recent finds in Biblical archaeology The Cosmic Shekinah draws attention back to the light of divine feminine wisdom
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This is a biography of one of the most original and one of the least understood seminal writers of the Baroque world Jacob BoehmeIn a period tormented by mysteries and controversies Boehmes visionary mysticism responded to the vexing quandaries confronting his contemporaries His concerns included the apocalyptic religious disputes of his day the havoc wrought by the Thirty Years War in his region the disintegration of the Old Middle European order the rise of new cosmic models from avantgarde heliocentrism to obscure esoteric theories and his endeavor to express by means of codes and symbols a new sense of the human divine and natural realms
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This is a biography of one of the most original and one of the least understood seminal writers of the Baroque world Jacob BoehmeIn a period tormented by mysteries and controversies Boehmes visionary mysticism responded to the vexing quandaries confronting his contemporaries His concerns included the apocalyptic religious disputes of his day the havoc wrought by the Thirty Years War in his region the disintegration of the Old Middle European order the rise of new cosmic models from avantgarde heliocentrism to obscure esoteric theories and his endeavor to express by means of codes and symbols a new sense of the human divine and natural realms
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This is a biography of one of the most original and one of the least understood seminal writers of the Baroque world Jacob BoehmeIn a period tormented by mysteries and controversies Boehmes visionary mysticism responded to the vexing quandaries confronting his contemporaries His concerns included the apocalyptic religious disputes of his day the havoc wrought by the Thirty Years War in his region the disintegration of the Old Middle European order the rise of new cosmic models from avantgarde heliocentrism to obscure esoteric theories and his endeavor to express by means of codes and symbols a new sense of the human divine and natural realms
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