TY - BOOK AU - Chernus,Ira TI - Mysticism in Rabbinic Judaism: Studies in the History of Midrash T2 - Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums , SN - 9783110085891 AV - BM496.9.M87 .C47 1982 U1 - 296.7/1 19 PY - 2018///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Merkava in rabbinical literature KW - Midrash KW - Mysticism KW - Judaism KW - Mysticism Midrash KW - RELIGION / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110852066 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110852066 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110852066/original ER -