Author : Annelies Kuyt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3161587391
The 'Descent' to the Chariot
Annelies Kuyt
The Descent To The Chariot
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Descenders to the Chariot
James Davila
Author : James Davila
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004496996
Descenders to the Chariot by James Davila Pdf
The Hekhalot literature is a bizarre conglomeration of Jewish esoteric and revelatory texts in Hebrew and Aramaic, produced sometime between late antiquity and the early Middle Ages and surviving in medieval manuscripts. These texts claims to describe the self-induced spiritual experiences of the "descenders to the chariot" and to reveal the techniques that permitted these magico-religious practitioners to view for themselves Ezekiel's Merkavah as well as to gain control of angels and a supernatural mastery of Torah. Drawing on epigraphic and archaeological evidence from the Middle East, anthropological models, and a wide range of cross-cultural evidence, this book aims to show that the Hekhalot literature preserves the teachings and rituals of real religious functionaries who flourished in late antiquity and who were quite like the functionaries anthopologists call shamans.
Stairway to Heaven
Peter Levenda
Author : Peter Levenda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441117045
Stairway to Heaven by Peter Levenda Pdf
Stairway to Heaven is an incredibly broad ranging new study that stretches from ancient Egypt and Babylon to Jewish and Christian Kabbalists, Chinese Daoists, Hindu Tantra and Haitian Vodun and finally to 19th and 20th century European occult societies, uncovering a hitherto unrecognized common myth that has been employed the world over in roughly the same form since the earliest recorded texts. Beginning with the oldest form of Jewish mysticism and extending this search through the dead sea scrolls, Levenda reveals a consistent emphasis on the number seven and its association with heavenly themes, including those of a chariot, a Throne, a Temple and a divine Being. The author then examines the myths and rituals of egypt, sumer and Babylon to locate the origin of this myth and comes up with some surprising results in the ascent rituals of the middle east. Shifting to the far east, Levenda demonstrates how the mystical practices of China and India display important similarities to these rituals, most notably in the practices of the Chinese alchemists who used a map of seven stars as their ladder to heaven. Reinforced by visits to the Buddhist shrine of Borobudur in indonesia, Levenda concludes that there was a myth common to peoples across the ancient world that an ascent to the heavens was possible using a ladder of seven stars, a process running parallel to the alchemical idea of the perfection of metals and the perfectibility of the soul. This concept was enshrined in the rituals of the Western secret societies of the 19th and 20th centuries such as the golden dawn and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, and influenced the development of new age occultism. exhaustive in scope and revealing in its scholarship, Stairway to Heaven casts a fascinating new multidisciplinary perspective on the mystical practices of heavenly ascent.
Interaction Between Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art, and Literature
Marcel Poorthuis,Joshua Jay Schwartz,Joseph Turner
Author : Marcel Poorthuis,Joshua Jay Schwartz,Joseph Turner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004171503
Interaction Between Judaism and Christianity in History, Religion, Art, and Literature by Marcel Poorthuis,Joshua Jay Schwartz,Joseph Turner Pdf
This volume contains essays dealing with complex relationships between Judaism and Christianity, taking a bold step, assuming that no historical period can be excluded from the interactive process between Judaism and Christianity, conscious or unconscious, as either rejection or appropriation
The Apocalypse
Martha Himmelfarb
Author : Martha Himmelfarb
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781444318227
The Apocalypse by Martha Himmelfarb Pdf
This accessible and enlightening history provides insights into thefascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how theapocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the lastjudgment and violent end of the world might suggest. An accessible and enlightening history of the"apocalypses"--ancient Jewish and Christian works -- providingfresh insights into the fascinating genre of literature Shows how the apocalypses were concerned not only with popularviews of the last judgment and violent end of the world, but withreward and punishment after death, the heavenly temple, and therevelation of astronomical phenomena and other secrets ofnature Traces the tradition of apocalyptic writing through the MiddleAges, through to the modern era, when social movements stillprophesise the world’s imminent demise
Hekhalot Literature in Translation
James Davila
Author : James Davila
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004252165
Hekhalot Literature in Translation by James Davila Pdf
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.
Mysticism in the Gospel of John
Jey Kanagaraj
Author : Jey Kanagaraj
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567310255
Mysticism in the Gospel of John by Jey Kanagaraj Pdf
This is the first detailed study of Johannine mysticism against a Palestinian Jewish background has been previously undertaken. This book investiages whether there was a "mystical" practice in first-century Palestine and whether John can be better understood in the light of such practice, if there was any. In analysis, two strands of Jewish mysticism, the early forms of Ma`aseh Merkabah and of Ma`aseh Bereshit, emerge as existing in first-century Palestine. While the former narrates by means of Ezek. 1 the experience of seeing God in His kingly glory, the latter describes the same expereince by using Gen. 1. This book consists of three parts. Part one analyses Hellenistic mysticism as expressed by the Hermetica and Hellenistic-Jewish mysticism as presented by Philo. Part two traces the important elements of Merkabah mysticism from the later Hekhalot literature and the Jewish and Christian writings belonging to 2 cent. BCE - 1 cent. CE by defining the term "mysticism" in terms of the fourteen aspects of Jewish mysticism, an exegetical study of seven themes is undertaken in Part Three. The study shows that the conceptual parallels in John with Hellenistic mysticism and Hellenistic-Jewish mysticism are very slender, but indicates John's polemical motive against the Merkabah mystics of his time. He calls them to believe in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, by proclaiming that the divine glory, claimed by them to be revealed in human-like form on the throne, is now visible in the historical person, Jesus, particularly in his death on the Cross. Thus Jewish Throne-mysticism seems to have been reinterpreted by John as Cross-mysticism.
A Mahzor from Worms
Katrin Kogman-Appel,_a_rin _og'man-Apel
Author : Katrin Kogman-Appel,_a_rin _og'man-Apel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674064546
A Mahzor from Worms by Katrin Kogman-Appel,_a_rin _og'man-Apel Pdf
The Leipzig Mahzor is one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time. A prayer book used during Jewish holidays, it was produced in the Middle Ages for the Jewish community of Worms in the German Rhineland. Though Worms was a vibrant center of Judaism in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and drew celebrated rabbis, little is known about the city's Jews in the later Middle Ages. In the pages of its famous book, Katrin Kogman-Appel discovers a portal into the life of this fourteenth-century community. Medieval mahzorim were used only for special services in the synagogue and "belonged" to the whole congregation, so their visual imagery reflected the local cultural associations and beliefs. The Leipzig Mahzor pays homage to one of Worms's most illustrious scholars, Eleazar ben Judah. Its imagery reveals how his Ashkenazi Pietist worldview and involvement in mysticism shaped the community's religious practice. Kogman-Appel draws attention to the Mahzor's innovations, including its strategy for avoiding visual representation of God and its depiction of customs such as the washing of dishes before Passover, something less common in other mahzorim. In addition to decoding its iconography, Kogman-Appel approaches the manuscript as a ritual object that preserved a sense of identity and cohesion within a community facing a wide range of threats to its stability and security.
States of Political Discourse
Costas M. Constantinou
Author : Costas M. Constantinou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134334773
States of Political Discourse by Costas M. Constantinou Pdf
* How are states made possible, constructed in theory and practice, and what alternative possibilities are given up by conferring legitimacy on states? * How do 'reasons of state' appropriate and inform discourses of sovereignty, territoriality, historiography, diplomacy, security and community? * How can we employ language to challenge the problematic logics of international relations and imagine alternative ways of being with and relating to others? States of Political Discourse addresses these questions through a series of highly original and provocative essays that engage a range of political conditions and practices, exploring areas that are conventionally neglected. Topics include the language of normal and pathological states in Freudian psychoanalysis, the mythography of Europe, the political reification of the Himalayan region, the spirituality of cosmopolitanism, the status of the Knights of St John, and the literary exploration of diplomacy and security.
Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology
Tyson L. Putthoff
Author : Tyson L. Putthoff
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004336414
Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology by Tyson L. Putthoff Pdf
In Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology, Tyson L. Putthoff combines contemporary theory and sound exegesis to understand early Jewish beliefs about how the human self reacts ontologically in God’s presence.
Stepping Stones to a Higher Vision
Joseph P. Schultz
Author : Joseph P. Schultz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532692680
Stepping Stones to a Higher Vision by Joseph P. Schultz Pdf
Stepping Stones to a Higher Vision examines the development of religious consciousness from religion to spirituality to mysticism. This developmental path imaginatively described as “stepping stones” in the title of the book and as “elevators of religion” in chapter one, has its rewards but also its dangers and pitfalls. Intended for the non-specialist lay person interested in religion, as well as the scholar, the book focuses on Jewish tradition and its sources (Hebrew Bible, Talmud-Midrash, and Kabbalah), but in a broad cross-cultural interdisciplinary context. Ritual, prayer, including meditation and contemplation, ethics and morality, religious leadership, and the afterlife are analyzed in the context of sociology, science, and the history of religion.
The Angel and the Sorcerer
Peter Levenda
Author : Peter Levenda
Publisher : Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780892545810
The Angel and the Sorcerer by Peter Levenda Pdf
Based on Levenda’s research into Mormonism, Freemasonry, and esoteric societies over the past thirty years, this book is intended for an audience that is curious about Mormonism in light of the fact that at the beginning of 2012 there were two Mormons running for the GOP presidential nomination against two Roman Catholics. There has been much confusion in the media over various Mormon phenomena, such as the “magic underwear,” polygamy “Big Love” style, and much else. This book examines the beliefs and reveals the facts of Mormon ideas and practice, starting with its founder Joseph Smith Jr. who began his religious career with rituals of ceremonial magic and divination, and ended it with Freemasonry, the largest militia in the state of Illinois, a candidacy for US president, and assassination. Levenda also discussed the Mormons connection to Howard Hughes, Richard Nixon and Watergate as well as the role of Mormons in contemporary Presidential elections. This is the fascinating story of a purely American religion, its occult origins, and the rise of Mormons in American politics.
A commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
William Denton
Author : William Denton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Bible
ISBN : OXFORD:600098940
A commentary on the Acts of the Apostles by William Denton Pdf
A Commentary on the Original Text of the Acts of the Apostles
Horatio Balch Hackett
Author : Horatio Balch Hackett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Bible
ISBN : UOMDLP:afz0435:0001.001
A Commentary on the Original Text of the Acts of the Apostles by Horatio Balch Hackett Pdf
Between Temple and Torah
Martha Himmelfarb
Author : Martha Himmelfarb
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Apocalyptic literature
ISBN : 3161510410
Between Temple and Torah by Martha Himmelfarb Pdf
This volume contains articles by Martha Himmelfarb on topics in Second Temple Judaism and the development and reception of Second Temple traditions in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The section on Priests, Temples, and Torah addresses the themes of its title in texts from the Bible to the Mishnah. Purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls contains articles analyzing the intensification of the biblical purity laws, particularly the laws for genital discharge, in the major legal documents from the Scrolls. In Judaism and Hellenism the author explores the relationship between these two ancient cultures by examining the ancient and modern historiography of the Maccabean Revolt and the role of the Torah in ancient Jewish adaptations of Greek culture. The last two sections of the volume follow texts and traditions of the Second Temple period into late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The articles in Heavenly Ascent consider the relationship between the ascent apocalypses of the Second Temple period and later works involving heavenly ascent, particularly the hekhalot texts. In the final section, The Pseudepigrapha and Medieval Jewish Literature, Himmelfarb investigates evidence for knowledge of works of the Second Temple period by medieval Jews with consideration of the channels by which the works might have reached these later readers.