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Elior, R: 3 TEMPLES

By Rachel Elior

Elior, R: 3 TEMPLES

By Rachel Elior

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In this ground-breaking study, Rachel Elior offers a comprehensive theory of the crystallization of the early stages of the mystical tradition in Judaism based on the numerous ancient scrolls and manuscripts published in the last few decades. Her wide-ranging research, scrupulously documented, enables her to demonstrate an uninterrupted line linking the priestly traditions of the Temple, the mystical liturgical literature found in the Qumran caves and associated directly and indirectly with the Merkavah tradition of around the second and first centuries BCE, and the mystical works of the second to fifth centuries CE known as Heikhalot literature. The key factor linking all these texts, according to Professor Eliors theory, is that many of those who wrote them were members of the priestly classes. Prevented from being able to perform the rituals of sacred service in the Temple as ordained in the biblical tradition, they channelled their religious impetus in other directions to create a
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
301
Release Date:
2005-06-30
Publication Date:
2005-06-30
Publisher:
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1904113338
ISBN13:
9781904113331
Weight:
499 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
226 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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