Paradise Now: Essays on Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism, Volume 6, Part 2April D. De Conick A substantial introduction to the study of early Jewish and Christian mysticism, this volume examines major aspects of the mystical tradition within early Judaism and Christianity. This tradition was centered on the belief that a person directly, immediately, and before death can experience the divine, either as a rapture experience or one solicited by a particular praxis. The essays define and analyze the nature and practices of mysticism as it emerges within early Judaism and Christianity, recognizing this emergence within a variety of communal environments. Larger questions about the relationship between hermeneutics and experience, as well as the relationship between mysticism and apocalypticism are also discussed, and a substantial bibliography of the field is provided. The book is the result of ten years of work of the Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism unit of the Society of Biblical Literature. The contributors are Cameron C. Afzal, Daphna Arbel, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Ra'anan S. Boustan, James R. Davila, April D. DeConick, Celia Deutsch, Rachel Elior, Frances Flannery-Dailey, Charles A. Gieschen, Rebecca Lesses, Andrea Lieber, Christopher R. A. Morray-Jones, Andrei A. Orlov, Christopher Rowland, Seth L. Sanders, Alan F. Segal, and Kevin Sullivan. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org) |
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... Book ; see below ) . The proper observance of the Jewish calendar was a major issue for the people who collected the Qumran library and also for the people who produced some of the Enochic literature . " The author and intended readers ...
... Book ; see below ) . The proper observance of the Jewish calendar was a major issue for the people who collected the Qumran library and also for the people who produced some of the Enochic literature . " The author and intended readers ...
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... Book of the Watchers , the Book of Dreams , and the Epistle of Enoch circulated as a unit , with chapters 81-82 containing part of the otherwise lost ending of the Book of the Watch- ers , as well as transitional material added ...
... Book of the Watchers , the Book of Dreams , and the Epistle of Enoch circulated as a unit , with chapters 81-82 containing part of the otherwise lost ending of the Book of the Watch- ers , as well as transitional material added ...
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... BOOK of the WATCHERS We begin with some initial observations about the cosmology reflected in the Book of the Watchers . The Book of the Watchers is hardly the only text in Second Temple period Judaism or early Christianity to take up ...
... BOOK of the WATCHERS We begin with some initial observations about the cosmology reflected in the Book of the Watchers . The Book of the Watchers is hardly the only text in Second Temple period Judaism or early Christianity to take up ...
Contents
What Is Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism? | 1 |
Religious Experience and the Construction of the Transcendent Self | 27 |
Visionary Experience in Ancient Judaism and Christianity | 41 |
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