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Chernus, Ira

Mysticism in Rabbinic Judaism : Studies in the History of Midrash / Ira Chernus. - Reprint 2018 - 1 online resource (IX, 162 p.) - Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums , 11 0585-5306 ; .

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- I. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN TANNAITIC MIDRASH -- II. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH -- III. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH -- IV. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH AFTER THE THIRD-CENTURY -- V. “NOURISHED BY THE SPLENDOR OF THE SHEKINAH:” A MYSTICAL MOTIF IN RABBINIC MIDRASH -- VI. MERKABAH MYSTICISM AND ESCHATOLOGY IN MID RASH -- VII. “A WALL OF FIRE ROUND ABOUT”: ON THE HISTORY OF AN ESCHATOLOGICAL MOTIF IN MIDRASH -- VIII. HISTORY AND PARADOX IN RABBINIC MIDRASH -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9783110085891 9783110852066

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110852066 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Merkava in rabbinical literature.
Midrash.
Mysticism--Judaism.
Judaism.
Midrash.
Mysticism Midrash.
RELIGION / General.

LC Class. No.: BM496.9.M87 / .C47 1982

Dewey Class. No.: 296.7/1