Definition of Heikhalot. Meaning of Heikhalot. Synonyms of Heikhalot

- Hekhalot literature (sometimes transliterated as Heichalot), from the Hebrew word for "Palaces," relates to visions of entering heaven alive. The genre...
- antiquity, Jewish disciples of the esoteric have engaged ... Elior, Rachel, Heikhalot Literature and Merkavah Tradition Ancient Jewish Mysticism and its Sources...
- of Daniel introduced complex angelology and eschatological themes. The Heikhalot and Merkavah literature, dating from the 2nd century to the early medieval...
- sources of its aggadah separately. Of the smaller Midrashim he used the Heikhalot Rabbati, the Alfabet de-Ben Sira, the Sefer Zerubabel, the Baraita de-Ma'aseh...
- of Daniel introduced complex angelology and eschatological themes. The Heikhalot and Merkavah literature, dating from the 2nd century to the early medieval...
- Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. ISBN 1-874774-84-6. OCLC 65978708. Heikhalot Literature and Merkavah Tradition Ancient Jewish Mysticism and its Sources...
- teachings include commentaries on parts of the Zohar, Sifra de-Tzeniuta, Heikhalot, and the Sefer Yetzirah, among others. The Vilna Gaon also frequently...
- (mystical Creation) (1st-2nd centuries). Yordei Merkabah (Chariot Riders)-Heikhalot (Palaces) mysticism (1st-11th centuries). Early-Formative texts are variously...
- to an ecstatic state in which they might behold the heavenly halls ("heikhalot") as vividly as if they really had entered them. Contrary to his father-in-law...
- p****age in No. 20, which is elsewhere quoted in the name of the "Pirkei Heikhalot" and of "Ma'aseh Bere****". No. 36 was considered doubtful on account...