Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages – serie
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17 produkter
Metamorphoses
Resurrection, Body and Transformative Practices in Early Christianity
Av Turid Karlsen Seim, Jorunn Økland
Inbunden, 2009
2438 kr
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How were ideas and experiences of transformation expressed in early Christianity and early Judaism? This volume explores the social and philosophical frameworks within which transformative ideas such as resurrection and practices of becoming “a new being” were shaped. It also explores the analogies …
With Letters of Light
Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Jewish Apocalypticism, Magic, and Mysticism in Honor of Rachel Elior
Av Daphna V. Arbel, Andrei A. Orlov
Inbunden, 2010
3192 kr
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This collection of essays is a tribute to Rachel Elior’s decades of teaching, scholarship and mentoring. If a Festschrift reflects the individuality of the honoree, then this volume offers insights into the scope of Rachel Elior’s interests and scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea …
Reading with an "I" to the Heavens
Looking at the Qumran Hodayot through the Lens of Visionary Traditions
Inbunden, 2012
2321 kr
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Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Inbunden, 2014
2321 kr
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No detailed description available for "The Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity".
Second Temple Pseudepigraphy
A Cross-cultural Comparison of Apocalyptic Texts and Related Jewish Literature
Inbunden, 2013
1791 kr
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At this point of the scholarly debate on the nature of Second Temple pseudepigraphy, one may ask why another look at the problem is needed. This book is not the definitive answer to that problem but it proposes different paths - or better still, a two-fold path: on one hand to understand Second …
Manipulating Theophany
Light and Ritual in North Adriatic Architecture (ca. 400–ca. 800)
Inbunden, 2016
2095 kr
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Using light as fil rouge reuniting theology and ritual with the architecture, decoration, and iconography of cultic spaces, the present study argues that the mise-en-scène of fifth-century baptism and sixth-century episcopal liturgy was meant to reproduce the luminous atmosphere of heaven. …
Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Häftad, 2017
326 kr
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No detailed description available for "The Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity".
Apocalypticism and Mysticism in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Av John J. Collins, Pieter G. R. Villiers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1563 kr
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The nature and origin of Jewish mysticism is a controversial subject.This volume explores the subject by examining both the Hebrew and Aramaic tradition (Dead Sea Scrolls, 1 Enoch) and the Greek philosophical tradition (Philo) and also examines the Christian transformation of Jewish mysticism in …
Reading with an "I" to the Heavens
Looking at the Qumran Hodayot through the Lens of Visionary Traditions
Häftad, 2018
263 kr
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Unfamiliar Selves in the Hebrew Bible
Possession and Other Spirit Phenomena
Av Reed Carlson
Inbunden, 2022
1328 kr
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Spirit possession is more commonly associated with late Second Temple Jewish literature and the New Testament than it is with the Hebrew Bible. In Unfamiliar Selves in the Hebrew Bible, however, Reed Carlson argues that possession is also depicted in this earlier literature, though rarely according …
Spirit Says
Inspiration and Interpretation in Israelite, Jewish, and Early Christian Texts
Av Ronald Herms, John R. Levison m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2042 kr
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The Spirit Says offers a stunning collection of articles by an influential assemblage of scholars, all of whom lend considerable insight to the relationship between inspiration and interpretation. They address this otherwise intractable question with deft and occasionally daring readings of a …
Experiencing the Shepherd of Hermas
Av Angela Kim Harkins, Harry O. Maier
Inbunden, 2022
1514 kr
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The Shepherd of Hermas is one of the oldest and most well-attested Christian works. Its popularity arguably exceeded that of the canonical Gospels. Many early Christian thinkers regarded the Shepherd as authoritative and cited it in their own writings, even though its status as Scripture was …
Divine Mysteries in the Enochic Tradition
Inbunden, 2023
1640 kr
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The book represents an in-depth investigation of acquisition, cultivation, and transmission of divine mysteries in Jewish apocalyptic and mystical accounts by focusing on the developments found in early Enochic writings. These accounts deal both with revelations unveiled by God and angels to the …
Joseph and Aseneth After Antiquity
A Study in Manuscript Transmission
Inbunden, 2025
2051 kr
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Joseph and Aseneth expands a few verses from the book of Genesis into a novella-length work. It is increasingly used as a source for Judaism and Christianity at the turn of the Common Era. Scholarly attention has largely focused the work’s provenance, the priority of a longer or shorter text …
Power in the Name
A Comparative Analysis of Onomastic Invocations
Inbunden, 2025
1576 kr
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How do divine names channel power? This project analyzes, first of all, the invocation of particular divine names (e.g., Jesus, Aphrodite) to access power for activities like healing, protecting, and harming. In so doing, it focuses on texts and artifacts (e.g., amulets) from ancient Mediterranean …
Experiencing the Shepherd of Hermas
Av Angela Kim Harkins, Harry O. Maier
Häftad, 2024
276 kr
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The Shepherd of Hermas is one of the oldest and most well-attested Christian works. Its popularity arguably exceeded that of the canonical Gospels. Many early Christian thinkers regarded the Shepherd as authoritative and cited it in their own writings, even though its status as Scripture was …
Unfamiliar Selves in the Hebrew Bible
Possession and Other Spirit Phenomena
Av Reed Carlson
Häftad, 2024
302 kr
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Spirit possession is more commonly associated with late Second Temple Jewish literature and the New Testament than it is with the Hebrew Bible. In Unfamiliar Selves in the Hebrew Bible, however, Reed Carlson argues that possession is also depicted in this earlier literature, though rarely according …
