num_pages: 294
description: This collection of papers and articles brings together the results of over 10 years of research in the field of Jewish esoteric literature. The major subjects dealt with in the book the nature of Jewish esoteric literature; the development of Jewish Apocalypticism and Merkavah Mysticism from Scriptural Prophetism; the major qualities of Apocalypticism; the relationship between Judaism and Gnosticism; Judaism and Manichaeism; and the problem of a Jewish type of Gnosticism.
language: English
title: From Apocalypticism to Gnosticism: Studies in Apocalypticism, Merkavah Mysticism and Gnosticism
titlecomplete: From Apocalypticism to Gnosticism: Studies in Apocalypticism, Merkavah Mysticism and Gnosticism (Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des Antiken Judentums)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften