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Suny Series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion Ser.: Hidden and Manifest God : Some Major Themes in Early Jewish Mysticism by Peter Schäfer (1992, Trade Paperback)

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Title: The Hidden and Manifest God. Author: Peter Schäfer. This book represents the first wide-scale presentation and interpretation of pre-kabbalistic, Jewish mysticism. Release Date: 10/22/1992. Format: Paperback.

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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791410447

ISBN-139780791410448

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Number of Pages198 Pages

Publication NameHidden and Manifest God : Some Major Themes in Early Jewish Mysticism

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1992

SubjectJudaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, Jewish

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, History

AuthorPeter Schäfer

SeriesSuny Series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN91-023058

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"What I like best about this book is that it describes the theology and anthropology of the Hekhalot literature in a way that flows naturally from the literature itself. The author avoids imposing external agendas on the material. Further, he distinguishes among different layers of material and allows each layer, as well as the ensemble, to speak for itself. His knowledge of the material is vast, his scholarship impeccable." -- David J. Halperin "The author has dealt in a clear and systematic way with the major themes pertaining to the corpus of early Jewish mysticism. His textual method opens up many new avenues of research and enables us to rid ourselves of some past biases in the study of Jewish mysticism." -- Elliot R. Wolfson

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal296.1/6

Table Of ContentPreface 1. Introduction 2. Hekhalot Rabbati God God as King upon His Throne The Appearance of God Angels The Bearers of the Throne The hayyot ha-qodesh The Heavenly Praise Individual Angels Man The yored merkavah Israel The Adjuration 3. Hekhalot Zutarti God The Power of the Divine Name Can one see God? Shiur Qomah God as King Angels The hayyot ha-qodesh The hayyot and the Throne Guardians and Examiners; Individual Angels Man The Ascent of Moses and 'Aqiva The Danger of the Divine Name The Book of Merkavah Mysticism Ascent and Adjuration 4. Ma'aseh Merkavah God and His Name Angels The Heavenly Praise Gatekeepers Angels of Revelation Man The Prayer as Means to the Ascent The Protagonists of the Heavenly Journey The Prayer as Means of the Adjuration 5. Merkavah Rabbah God God and His Name Shi'ur Qomah Angels The Heavenly Praise Sandalphon and Metatron Man The Mystery of the Divine Name Who Uses the Mystery? The Magical Use of the Name Mastering the Torah The Adjuration The Ascent of 'Aqiva 6. 3 Enoch God The Shekhinah on the Throne Transcendence of God? The Appearance of God The Names of God Angels The Angelic Hierarchy The Heavenly Praise Metatron Man The Heavenly Journey of the yored merkavah Eschatology and Anthropology 7. Results Man between God and the Angels God Angels Man The Hidden and Manifest God Transcendence and Immanence Ecstatic Heavenly Journey and Magical-Theurgic Adjuration Esoteric and Exoteric Conclusion Bibliography Index of Literature Index of Authors Index of Subjects

SynopsisThis book represents the first wide-scale presentation and interpretation of pre-kabbalistic, Jewish mysticism. This is the Hekhalot or Merkavah mysticism. The emphasis is on the conceptions of God, the angels, and man that the texts provide and that are the framework of the Judaic world view in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. This interpretation is based on the major works of this early Jewish mysticism: Hekhalot Rabbati ("The Greater Palaces"), Hekhalot Zutarti ("The Lesser Palaces"), Ma'aseh Merkavah ("The Working of the Chariot"), Merkavah Rabbah ("The Great Chariot)" and the Third (Hebrew) Book of Enoch. Many quotations from this largely unknown body of esoteric literature are included. The experience of the mystical heroes of this literature moves between the two poles of the heavenly journey--between the ascent of the mystic through the seven palaces to the Throne of Glory and the adjuration, the attempt to invoke God and his angels in order to force them to fulfill man's will. Both are permeated by magic, and the world view of this first stage of Jewish mysticism is thus deeply magical. The circles which formed it were concerned with nothing less than a radical transformation of the world of normative Judaism that for centuries was determined by the Rabbis., This book represents the first wide-scale presentation and interpretation of pre-kabbalistic, Jewish mysticism. This is the Hekhalot or Merkavah mysticism. The emphasis is on the conceptions of God, the angels, and man that the texts provide and that are the framework of the Judaic world view in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. This interpretation is based on the major works of this early Jewish mysticism: Hekhalot Rabbati ("The Greater Palaces"), Hekhalot Zutarti ("The Lesser Palaces"), Ma'aseh Merkavah ("The Working of the Chariot"), Merkavah Rabbah ("The Great Chariot)" and the Third (Hebrew) Book of Enoch. Many quotations from this largely unknown body of esoteric literature are included. The experience of the mystical heroes of this literature moves between the two poles of the heavenly journey-between the ascent of the mystic through the seven palaces to the Throne of Glory and the adjuration, the attempt to invoke God and his angels in order to force them to fulfill man's will. Both are permeated by magic, and the world view of this first stage of Jewish mysticism is thus deeply magical. The circles which formed it were concerned with nothing less than a radical transformation of the world of normative Judaism that for centuries was determined by the Rabbis.

LC Classification NumberBM526.S28413 1992