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A Transparent Illusion: The Dangerous Vision of Water in Hekhalot Mysticism : A Source-Critical and Tradition-Historical Inquiry
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Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Publication date
February 1, 2001
Pages
322
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9789004113374
ISBN-10
9004113371
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
Published in
Europe
Original list price
$181.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: In Jewish hekhalot mysticism, one who ascends to the heavenly temple may see something which looks like - but is not - water. Should he be deceived by this illusion, he betrays his unworthiness and exposes himself to retribution. Detailed examination of the water vision discovers that its real object is the celestial pavement, separating the fiery divine realm from the "watery" world of impure organic matter. This pavement is Ezekiel's firmament of hashmal - a luminous crystalline substance - seen by the visionary from above. Further investigation finds that the water vision continues an ancient tradition of exegesis of Ezekiel 1 as an account of a heavenly ascent, in which "water" signifies materiality, femininity and impurity. The wide and profound influence of these ideas is encountered in a variety of Jewish, Christian and Gnostic sources.
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9789004113374 | details & prices | 322 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $181.00
About: In Jewish hekhalot mysticism, one who ascends to the heavenly temple may see something which looks like - but is not - water.
About: In Jewish hekhalot mysticism, one who ascends to the heavenly temple may see something which looks like - but is not - water.
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