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'''From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha''' (2007) is a book by [[Andrei A. Orlov]].
'''From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha''' (2007) is a book by [[Andrei A. Orlov]].


==Abstract==
==Abstract==
"The present volume contains essays dealing with the Second Temple Jewish traditions and documents preserved solely in their Slavonic translations. It examines these Slavonic pseudepigraphical materials in the context of their mediating role in the development of early Jewish mystical traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to Merkabah mysticism attested in rabbinic and Hekhalot materials. The book represents the first attempt to study Slavonic pseudepigrapha collectively as a unique group of texts that share common theophanic and mediatorial imagery crucial for the development of early Jewish mysticism. The study demonstrates that mediatorial traditions of the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism."--Publisher description.
"The present volume contains essays dealing with the Second Temple Jewish traditions and documents preserved solely in their Slavonic translations. It examines these Slavonic pseudepigraphical materials in the context of their mediating role in the development of early Jewish mystical traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to Merkabah mysticism attested in rabbinic and Hekhalot materials. The book represents the first attempt to study Slavonic pseudepigrapha collectively as a unique group of texts that share common theophanic and mediatorial imagery crucial for the development of early Jewish mysticism. The study demonstrates that mediatorial traditions of the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism."--Publisher description.


==Editions and translations==
==Editions==
 
Published in Leiden [Netherlands]: [[Brill]], 2007 ([[Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism]], 114), xii+481, ISBN 90-04-15439-6.  
Published in Leiden [Netherlands]: [[Brill]], 2007 ([[Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism]], 114), xii+481, ISBN 90-04-15439-6.  


==Reviews==
==Reviews==
*[[Michael E. Stone]], Journal of Jewish Studies 59 (2008) 140-143   
*[[Michael E. Stone]], Journal of Jewish Studies 59 (2008) 140-143   
*[[Kevin P. Sullivan]], Journal for the Study of Judaism 39 (2008) 129-130  
*[[Kevin P. Sullivan]], Journal for the Study of Judaism 39 (2008) 129-130  
*[[Christopher Rowland]], Journal of Theological Studies 59 (2008)
*[[Christopher Rowland]], Journal of Theological Studies 59 (2008)


==Table of contents==
==Contents==


*Part One: Bibliography of the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha and Related Literature
*Part One: Bibliography of the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha and Related Literature
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From Apocalypticism to Merkabah Mysticism: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (2007) is a book by Andrei A. Orlov.

Abstract

"The present volume contains essays dealing with the Second Temple Jewish traditions and documents preserved solely in their Slavonic translations. It examines these Slavonic pseudepigraphical materials in the context of their mediating role in the development of early Jewish mystical traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to Merkabah mysticism attested in rabbinic and Hekhalot materials. The book represents the first attempt to study Slavonic pseudepigrapha collectively as a unique group of texts that share common theophanic and mediatorial imagery crucial for the development of early Jewish mysticism. The study demonstrates that mediatorial traditions of the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden [Netherlands]: Brill, 2007 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 114), xii+481, ISBN 90-04-15439-6.

Reviews

Contents

  • Part One: Bibliography of the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha and Related Literature
    • 1. Slavonic Pseudepigrapha
    • 2. Related Studies
  • Part Two: Studies in the Slavonic Pseudepigrapha
    • Introduction
    • The Enoch Tradition
    • The Adam Tradition
    • The Moses Tradition
    • The Noah Tradition
    • The Jacob Tradition
    • The Melchizedek Tradition

External links

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