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The Hekhalot literature is a motley collection of textually fluid and often textually corrupt documents in Hebrew and Aramaic which deal with mystical themes pertaining especially to God's throne-chariot (the Merkavah). They were composed between late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, with roots in earlier traditions and a long and complex subsequent history of transmission. This volume presents English translations of eclectic critical texts, with a full apparatus of variants, of most of the major Hekhalot documents: Hekhalot Rabbati ; Sar Torah ; Hekhalot Zutarti ; Ma'aseh Merkavah ; Merkavah Rabba ; briefer macroforms: The Chapter of R. Nehuniah ben HaQanah , The Great Seal-Fearsome Crown , Sar Panim , The Ascent of Elijah ben Avuyah , and The Youth ; and the Hekhalot fragments from the Cairo Geniza.

Hekhalot literature --- Merkava. --- Mysticism --- Cairo Genizah. --- History and criticism. --- Judaism. --- Heikhalot rabbati. --- Heikhalot zutrati. --- Maʻaśeh merkavah. --- Kitve-yad ha-Genizah.

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Merkava --- Mysticism --- Judaism --- 296*4 --- Joodse mystiek --- 296*4 Joodse mystiek --- Hebräisch. --- Hekhalot-literatuur. --- Hemelvaart. --- Himmelfahrt. --- Merkaba. --- Merkava in rabbinical literature. --- Merkava. --- Mystique --- Wortfeld. --- Judaïsme. --- Kuyt, Annelies. --- Heikhalot rabbati. --- Heikhalot zutrati. --- Heikhalot. --- Maaseh merkavah. --- Maʻaśeh merkavah. --- Merkava in rabbinical literature --- Rabbinical literature --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Merkabah --- Merkavah --- Throne of God --- Maʻaśeh merkavah. --- Hekhalot zuṭrati --- Hekhalot zutarti --- Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Masekhet Hekhalot --- Maʻaśeh ha-merkavah --- ʻInyan merkavah --- Pirḳe merkavah --- Sefer ha-merkavah --- Masekhet merkavah --- Mysticism - Judaism

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In this ground-breaking study, Rachel Elior offers a comprehensive theory of the crystallization of the early stages of the mystical tradition in Judaism based on the numerous ancient scrolls and manuscripts published in the last few decades. Her wide-ranging research, scrupulously documented, enables her to demonstrate an uninterrupted line linking the priestly traditions of the Temple, the mystical liturgical literature found in the Qumran caves and associated directly and indirectly with the Merkavah tradition of around the second and first centuries BCE, and the mystical works of the second to fifth centuries CE known as Heikhalot literature. The key factor linking all these texts, according to Professor Elior's theory, is that many of those who wrote them were members of the priestly classes. Prevented from being able to perform the rituals of sacred service in the Temple as ordained in the biblical tradition, they channelled their religious impetus in other directions to create a new spiritual focus. The mystical tradition they developed centred first on a heavenly Chariot Throne known as the Merkavah, and later on heavenly sanctuaries known as Heikhalot. In this way the priestly class developed an alternative focus for spirituality, based on a supertemporal liturgical and ritual relationship with ministering angels in the supernal sanctuaries. This came to embrace an entire mystical world devoted to sustaining religious liturgical tradition and ritual memory in the absence of the Temple. This lyrical investigation of the origins and workings of this supernal world is sure to become a standard work in the study of early Jewish mysticism.

Hekhalot literature --- Merkava --- Mysticism --- Priests, Jewish --- 296*4 --- 296*4 Joodse mystiek --- Joodse mystiek --- Jews --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Merkabah --- Merkavah --- Throne of God --- Heikhalot literature --- Cabala --- Judaism&delete& --- History --- Priests --- Judaism --- Hekhalot literature. --- Merkava. --- Priests, Jewish. --- History. --- Mysticisme --- Hékhalot --- Merkaba --- Prêtres juifs --- Judaïsme --- Histoire

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"The Gnostic Imagination is the first comprehensive study of the relationship between Gnosticism and Merkabah mysticism. It includes an exhaustive analysis of Gershom Scholem's views on the subject, an analytical survey of other secondary literature, and a focused examination of primary sources. The work explores a wide range of topics including myth, exegesis, ascent traditions, and cosmology. 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. Not only is this volume the first to survey and evaluate the history of scholarship on this complex subject, but it also creates new pathways for future studies by illuminating the crucial methodological and topical issues in the field. ".

Chretiens de Saint Jean --- Christians of St. John --- Disciples de Saint Jean --- Disciples of St. John --- Johanneschristenen --- Ma'aseh merkavah --- Mandaeans --- Mandaeers --- Mandaeisme --- Mandeeen --- Mandeeers --- Mandeens --- Mandeisme --- Mendaeans --- Merkabah --- Merkava --- Merkavah --- Nasoraeans --- Sabians --- St. John's Christians --- Judaism --- Gnosticism --- Mandaeans. --- Mysticism --- Merkava. --- Mandéens --- Mysticisme --- Merkaba --- Relations --- Gnosticism. --- Judaism. --- Judaïsme --- 273.1 --- -Judaism --- -Mandaeans --- -Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Throne of God --- Christian heresies --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Gnosis. Gnosticisme --- -Gnosticism --- History --- Religion --- -Gnosis. Gnosticisme --- 273.1 Gnosis. Gnosticisme --- -Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Dark night of the soul --- Mandéens --- Judaïsme --- Relations&delete& --- Christians of Saint John --- Disciples of Saint John --- Sabaeans (Mandaeans) --- Saint John's Christians --- Subbiyuns --- Religious adherents --- Cults

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Merkava. --- Mysticism --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Merkabah --- Merkavah --- Throne of God --- Judaism --- History. --- Hebrew book of Enoch. --- Shiʻur komah. --- Heikhalot zutrati. --- Heikhalot rabbati. --- Hekhalot zuṭrati --- Hekhalot zutarti --- Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Third Enoch (Apocryphal book) --- Book of Enoch, Hebrew --- Bible. --- Enoch, Hebrew book of --- Heikhalot --- Sefer Heikhalot --- Hebrew Enoch --- Third book of Enoch --- 3 Enoch (Apocryphal book) --- Sefer Hekhalot --- Hekhalot --- 3rd Enoch (Apocryphal book) --- 3rd book of Enoch --- Shiʻur qomah --- Sefer ha-ḳomah --- Mysticism - Judaism - History. --- Shiur komah.