Second Temple pseudepigraphy
Subtitle: a cross-cultural comparison of apocalyptic texts and related Jewish literature
By: Vicente Dobroruka
Series: Ekstasis : religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages -- volume 4; Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) -- volume 4.
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9783110333541; 9783110333787
Subjects: Rabbinical literature; Judaism; Rabbinische Literatur; Frühjudentum; History and criticism; Bibel; Pseudepigraphen; Post-exilic period (Judaism); Automatisches Schreiben; History; Apocalyptic literature; Jews
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why a cross-cultural approach is needed in order to try a different understanding of Second Temple pseudepigraphy --; title: Introductory remarks --; title: Nature and purpose of cross-cultural studies in Biblical scholarship --; title: Terminology and definitions --; title: Altered states of consciousness --; title: Ecstasy --; title: Possession --; title: Automatisms --; title: Hypnosis --; title: Automatic writing and ecstatic practices in recent scholarship --; title: The meaning of pseudepigraphy --; title: Outline of scholarship about late Second Temple apocalyptic pseudepigraphy --; title: The concept of corporate identity as applied to apocalyptic pseudepigraphy --; title: Recent discussions on apocalyptic pseudepigraphy regarding identification with alleged author --; title: How much is automatic writing useful as a hermeneutic tool? --; title: Automatic writing as hypnotic phenomenon --; title: Non-mystical automatic writing --; title: Writings in other languages --; title: Multiple-personality phenomena and automatic writing --; title: Automatic writing as possession --; title: Past-lives therapy, hypnosis and identity with past characters --; title: Summary --; title: Automatic writing in modern-day Kardecism --; title: Introductory remarks to the chapter --; title: Brief introduction to the development of Brazilian Kardecism --; title: A survey of Kardecist doctrine --; title: Kardecism in Brazil --; title: Kardecist preparatory processes for automatic writing --; title: Automatic writing and mediumship training --; title: Preparation and meaning of automatic writing in Brazilian Kardecism --; title: Genre and personal identity of the spiritual author --; title: Editorial mediation of psychography --; title: Two modern-day Kardecist apocalypses, and how their alleged authors are portrayed --; title: Summary --; title: Automatic writing in Antiquity regarding religious texts --; title: Introductory remarks to the chapter --; title: Survey of chosen passages --; title: Full description of the narrator's identity --; title: Other descriptions of the narrator's identity --; title: Passages with smaller number of indications --; title: Authorship of apocalyptic texts and divine manifestations --; title: Brief discussion --; title: Divine interference manifest in the texts --; title: Possible evidence for automatic writing in three specific ancient cases --; title: Writings from a deceased prophet via human hands : the case of 2Chr 21 --; title: Texts handed down directly from above : the Book of Elchasai --; title: Fraud and satire : written instructions for the Greek credulous --; title: Summary --; title: Philo, Josephus and 4Ezra : the main testimonies for inspired writing during the Second Temple Period --; title: Introductory remarks to the chapter --; title: Survey of chosen passages --; title: Philo of Alexandria --; title: Josephus --; title: 4Ezra --; title: Issues at stake in cross-cultural comparison regarding the three authors --; title: Knowledge and scholarship as essential issues --; title: More sophisticated devices in terms of preparation versus rationalizing --; title: Summary --; title: Considerations on religious pseudepigraphy in Antiquity --; title: Introductory remarks to the chapter --; title: A survey of chosen names for apocalyptic pseudepigraphy --; title: Pseudepigraphy and forgery --; title: Central elements to the notion of literary forgery --; title: Intention of fraud --; title: Ancient testimonies in individual cases of religious pseudepigraphy caught in the act of writing --; title: Tertullian --; title: Salvian of Marseille --; title: Psychical phenomena related to pseudepigraphy --; title: Authorial ascribing, orthodoxy and wisdom --; title: Summary --; title: Conclusion --; title: General remarks on the possible similarities between Second Temple pseudepigraphy and Kardecism --; title: Arguments supportive of actual identification between mechanical writer and apocalyptic visionary --; title: Effects described --; title: Choosing of names --; title: Parallels in other identification-type mystical experiences --; title: Parallels in other identification-type non-mystical experiences --; title: Unmatching styles --; title: Arguments against actual identification between mechanical writer and apocalyptic visionary --; title: Vagueness of the essential link, reincarnation and manipulating of the dead --; title: Weight of stereotypical descriptions --; title: Weak evidence provided by similar hypnotic-like descriptions --; title: Uncertainty of OT passages --; title: Psychography is never intended as deception or confusing evidence --; title: Final remarks ---- Bibliography-- Index for biblical sources-- Index for pseudepigraphical sources-- Index for classical sources-- General index.