-
Hekhalot literature (sometimes
transliterated as Heichalot), from the
Hebrew word for "Palaces,"
relates to
visions of
entering heaven alive. The genre...
- 1000 CE,
centered on
visions such as
those found in
Ezekiel 1 or in the
hekhalot literature ("palaces" literature),
concerning stories of
ascents to the...
-
larger do****ents of the
hekhalot, such as
Hekhalot Rabbati, in
which six of the
seven palaces of God are described,
Hekhalot Zutarti, Shi'ur
Qomah and...
- The name
Sefer Hekhalot (
Hekhalot meaning palaces or temples),
along with its
proposed author,
places this book as a
member of
Hekhalot literature, a genre...
-
became demented, but the
Jerusalem Talmud, Shir
HaShirim Rabbah, and the
hekhalot literature record the reverse. The
Hebrew word פַּרְדֵּס (pardes, "orchard")...
- such as
Philip Alexander,
believe that if the name
Metatron originated in
Hekhalot literature and
Merkabah texts such as 3 Enoch, then it may have been a...
- guardian(s) of the door of the
seventh Hall" in
Hekhalot Rabbati. In turn, C****iel is
described in
Hekhalot Rabbati as a
guardian of the
sixth palace, armed...
- the Bahir, Zohar,
Pardes Rimonim, and Etz
Chayim ('Ein Sof'). The
early Hekhalot literature is
acknowledged as
ancestral to the
sensibilities of this later...
-
Enochic literature, that was
developed much
later in
rabbinic Merkabah and
Hekhalot mysticism: the
image of the
supreme angel Metatron, "the
Prince of the...
-
their ascent. It is part of the
tradition of
Merkabah mysticism and the
Hekhalot literature. The text was
first edited by
Gershom Scholem (1965). An English...
