ISBN:
9789004496866
,
9789004113374
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource
Erscheinungsjahr:
2002
Serie:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Serie:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 59
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als A Transparent Illusion : The Dangerous Vision of Water in Hekhalot Mysticism. A Source-Critical and Tradition-Historical Inquiry
Schlagwort(e):
Mysticism Judaism
;
Symbol
;
Water Religious aspects
;
Judaism
Kurzfassung:
In Jewish hekhalot mysticism, one who ascends to the heavenly temple may see something which looks like - but is not - water. Should he be deceived by this illusion, he betrays his unworthiness and exposes himself to retribution. Detailed examination of the water vision discovers that its real object is the celestial pavement, separating the fiery divine realm from the "watery" world of impure organic matter. This pavement is Ezekiel's firmament of hashmal - a luminous crystalline substance - seen by the visionary from above. Further investigation finds that the water vision continues an ancient tradition of exegesis of Ezekiel 1 as an account of a heavenly ascent, in which "water" signifies materiality, femininity and impurity. The wide and profound influence of these ideas is encountered in a variety of Jewish, Christian and Gnostic sources
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004496866
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