The Gnostic Imagination: Gnosticism, Mandaeism and Merkabah Mysticism (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9004102647 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 163 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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It includes an analysis of Gershom Scholem's views on the subject, an analytical survey of other secondary literature and a focused examination of primary sources. This text provides a study of the relationship between Gnosticism and Merkabah mysticism. Although the main focus is on western Gnostic traditions and Merkabah mysticism, the book also includes relevant material from Mandaeism and from later stages of Jewish mysticism such as German Pietism and Kabbalah.. The work explores a wide range of topics including myth, exegesis, ascent traditions and cosmology
Gnostic Rabbis or Rabbinic Gnosticism? In the earlier part of the 20th century, Jewish historian Gershom Scholem posited that Hekhalot and Merkavah mysticism - a mystical movement that arose in Rabbinic Judaism in the 2nd and 3rd centuries - was, in fact, a form of Jewish Gnosticism. Furthermore, Scholem proposed that this Jewish Gnosticism was also the mysticism that was practiced by the same orthodox rabbis that produced the Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrashim. Scholem's thesis has been debated ever since, and this is where Deutsch's book comes in to help clarify the relationship between Gnosticism and Hekhalot and Merkavah mysticism.Despite some of the basic similarities (such . THE AUTHORITY ON MERKABAH MYSTICISM This book is a necessity for any serious religious scholar. It is the definitive text on the relationship between Merkabah Mysticism and Gnosticism. An important addition to religious knowledge