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651060
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dltt
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Davila, James R.,1960-
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| Title & Author
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Hekhalot literature in translation : : major texts of Merkavah mysticism /\ by James R. Davila
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| Series Statement
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Supplements to the Journal of Jewish thought and philosophy,; volume 20
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443 p. ;; 24 cm
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9789004252158 (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 9004252150 (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 9789004252165 (e-book)
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: 9004252169 (e-book)
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| Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Hekhalot Rabbati: the greater (book of the heavenly) palaces -- Sar Torah: the prince of Torah -- Hekhalot Zutarti: the lesser (book of the heavenly) palaces -- Ma'aseh merkavah: the working of the chariot -- Merkavah Rabba: the great (book of the) chariot -- Some shorter macroforms -- Geniza fragments
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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
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Hekhalot literature-- History and criticism
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Merkava
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Mysticism-- Judaism
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Cairo Genizah
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Heikhalot rabbati
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Heikhalot zutrati
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Maʻaśeh merkavah
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Kitve-yad ha-Genizah
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| Dewey Classification
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296.1
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BM525.A2D38 2013
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BM525.A2D38 2013
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