Title: Hekhalot literature in context
Description: "Hekhalot literature, the earliest expression of Jewish mysticism, emerged in Palestine and Babylonia in late antiquity (ca. 500-900 C.E.). In the present volume, an international team of experts explores the literary formation, cultural meanings, religious functions, and textual transmission of this literature."--Back of dust jacket.
Subjects: Hekhalot literature, Judaism, History and criticism, Hekhalot-literatuur, Congresses, 11.21 Jewish religious literature, Mysticism, Culturele aspecten, Mysticism, judaism, Cabala, Jewish literature, history and criticism