β Scribed by Ira Chernus
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After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.
PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
I. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN TANNAITIC MIDRASH
II. REVELATION AND MERKABAH MYSTICISM IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH
III. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH IN THIRD-CENTURY MIDRASH
IV. REVELATION AND INITIATORY DEATH AFTER THE THIRD-CENTURY
V. βNOURISHED BY THE SPLENDOR OF THE SHEKINAH:β A MYSTICAL MOTIF IN RABBINIC MIDRASH
VI. MERKABAH MYSTICISM AND ESCHATOLOGY IN MID RASH
VII. βA WALL OF FIRE ROUND ABOUTβ: ON THE HISTORY OF AN ESCHATOLOGICAL MOTIF IN MIDRASH
VIII. HISTORY AND PARADOX IN RABBINIC MIDRASH
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and indexes
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