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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 /

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 De...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Orlov, Andrei A., 1960-, Arbel, Daphna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Hebrew
Syriac
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011.
Colección:Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; . 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Rachel Elior : an appreciation from her colleagues and students / Daphna Arbel and Andrei Orlov
  • The consideration of religious experience in the work of Racel Elior / Frances Flannery
  • Peter and the patriarch : a confluence of traditions? / Kelley Coblentz Bautch
  • In heaven or on earth : a misplaced temple question about Ezekiel's visions / Silviu N. Bunta
  • Scriptural exegesis in the Treatise of the Vessels, a legendary account of the hiding of the temple treasures / James R. Davila
  • Cultivating visions through exegetical meditations / Dan Merkur
  • "Serpentine" eve in Syriac Christian literature of late antiquity / Sergey Minov
  • From "pre-emptive exegesis" to "pre-emptive speculation"? Ma'aseh Bereshit in Genesis Rabbah and Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer / Annette Yoshiko Reed
  • Earthly and heavenly Jerusalem in Philo and Paul : a tale of two cities / Mark Verman
  • The Book of Watchers and the cycle of new year festivals / Crispin Fletcher-Louis
  • A different spirituality or 'other' agents? : on the study of magic in Rabbinic literature / Yuval Harari
  • "They revealed secrets to their wives" : the transmission of magical knowledge in 1 Enoch / Rebecca Lesses
  • The impurity of oil and spit among the Qumran sectarians / Jodi Magness
  • "The Likeness of heaven" : the Kavod of Azazel in the Apocalypse of Abraham / Andrei Orlov
  • Mystical motifs in a Greek synagogal prayer? / Pieter W. van der Horst
  • "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
  • "Messianic movements in the period of the crusades" / Joseph Dan
  • Jesus revealed : the dynamics of early Christian mysticism / April D. DeConick
  • Aseneth : ascetical practice, vision, and transformation / Celia Deutsch
  • "You are gods" : multiple divine beings in late antique Jewish theology / Naomi Janowitz
  • Transcribing experience / Alan F. Segal.