With letters of light
Subtitle: studies in the Dead Sea scrolls, early Jewish apocalypticism, magic and mysticism
By: Andrei A. Orlov, Daphna V. Arbel
Series: Ekstasis, religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages -- v. 2
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783110222012
Description: "This volume offers valuable insights into a wide range of scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish apocalypticism, magic, and mysticism from the Second Temple period to the later rabbinic and Hekhalot developments. The majority of articles included in the volume deal with Jewish and Christian apocalyptic and mystical texts constituting the core of experiential dimension of these religious traditions"--ECIP summary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.