Hekhalot Literature in Translation: Major Texts of Merkavah Mysticism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004252158)

The Hekhalot literature is a motley collection of textually fluid and often textually corrupt documents in Hebrew and Aramaic which deal with mystical themes pertaining especially to God's throne-chariot (the Merkavah). They were composed between late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, with roots in earlier traditions and a long and complex subsequent history of transmission.

This volume presents English translations of eclectic critical texts, with a full apparatus of variants, of most of the major Hekhalot documents: Hekhalot Rabbati; Sar Torah; Hekhalot Zutarti; Ma'aseh Merkavah; Merkavah Rabba; briefer macroforms: The Chapter of R. Nehuniah ben HaQanah, The Great Seal-Fearsome Crown, Sar Panim, The Ascent of Elijah ben Avuyah, and The Youth; and the Hekhalot fragments from the Cairo Geniza.


Author: James Davila
ISBN-10: 9004252150
ISBN-13: 9789004252158
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/13/2013
Pages: 452
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.10d