Hekhalot Literature in Translation

Major Texts of Merkavah Mysticism
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25215-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 825 g

Reihe: Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy

The Hekhalot literature is a motley collection of textually fluid and often textually corrupt documents in Hebrew and Aramaic which deal with mystical themes pertaining especially to God's throne-chariot (the Merkavah). They were composed between late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, with roots in earlier traditions and a long and complex subsequent history of transmission.

This volume presents English translations of eclectic critical texts, with a full apparatus of variants, of most of the major Hekhalot documents: Hekhalot Rabbati; Sar Torah; Hekhalot Zutarti; Ma'aseh Merkavah; Merkavah Rabba; briefer macroforms: The Chapter of R. Nehuniah ben HaQanah, The Great Seal-Fearsome Crown, Sar Panim, The Ascent of Elijah ben Avuyah, and The Youth; and the Hekhalot fragments from the Cairo Geniza.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davila, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Spiritualität & Mystik (Kabbala, Chassidismus)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Über Autor(innen)

James R. Davila, Ph.D. (1988), Harvard University, is Professor of Early Jewish Studies at the University of St Andrews. His books include Descenders to the Chariot: The People behind the Hekhalot Literature (2001) and The Provenance of the Pseudepigrapha (2005).