Mysticism in Rabbinic Judaism: Studies in the History of Midrash

Ira Chernus

Published by De Gruyter 1982

Mysticism in Rabbinic Judaism

Studies in the History of Midrash

Ira Chernus

Volume 11 in the series Studia Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110852066

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
ABBREVIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XII
I. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN TANNAITIC MIDRASH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
III. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
IV. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH AFTER THE THIRD-CENTURY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
V. “NOURISHED BY THE SPLENDOR OF THE SHEKINAH:” A MYSTICAL MOTIF IN RABBINIC MIDRASH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
VI. MERKABAH MYSTICISM AND ESCHATOLOGY IN MID RASH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
VII. “A WALL OF FIRE ROUND ABOUT”: ON THE HISTORY OF AN ESCHATOLOGICAL MOTIF IN MIDRASH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
VIII. HISTORY AND PARADOX IN RABBINIC MIDRASH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2018
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 162
Keywords: Mysticism Midrash; Judaism; Midrash

eBook

Published: February 19, 2018
ISBN: 9783110852066

Hardcover

Published: September 1, 1982
ISBN: 9783110085891