-
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...
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Littman Library of
Jewish Civilization. ISBNÂ 1-874774-84-6. OCLCÂ 65978708.
Heikhalot Literature and
Merkavah Tradition Ancient Jewish Mysticism and its Sources...
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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...
- (mystical Creation) (1st-2nd centuries).
Yordei Merkabah (Chariot Riders)-
Heikhalot (Palaces)
mysticism (1st-11th centuries). Early-Formative
texts are variously...
-
teachings include commentaries on
parts of the Zohar,
Sifra de-Tzeniuta,
Heikhalot, and the
Sefer Yetzirah,
among others. The
Vilna Gaon also frequently...
- 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...
-
corporeal being. He
likewise considers that the
expressions in R. Ishmael's
Heikhalot must be
taken figuratively. In many
places he re****es ****ertions of the...
- 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...
