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Ascension of the soul --- History of doctrines --- History of doctrines.

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Ascensions on high took many forms in Jewish mysticism and they permeated most of its history from its inception until Hasidism. The book surveys the various categories, with an emphasis on the architectural images of the ascent, like the resort to images of pillars, lines, and ladders. After surveying the variety of scholarly approaches to religion, the author also offers what he proposes as an eclectic approach, and a perspectivist one. The latter recommends to examine religious phenomena from a variety of perspectives. The author investigates the specific issue of the pillar in Jewish mysticism by comparing it to the archaic resort to pillars recurring in rural societies. Given the fact that the ascent of the soul and pillars constituted the concerns of two main Romanian scholars of religion, Ioan P. Culianu and Mircea Eliade, Idel resorts to their views, and in the Concluding Remarks analyzes the emergence of Eliade's vision of Judaism on the basis of neglected sources.

Hasidism. --- Mysticism --- Columns --- Ascension of the soul. --- Cabala --- Chasidism --- Hassidism --- Jewish sects --- Soul --- Judaism. --- Religious aspects --- History. --- Ascension of the soul --- Kabbale --- Ame --- Colonnes --- Mysticisme --- Hassidisme --- Judaism --- Histoire --- Ascension --- Aspect religieux --- Judaïsme --- Cabala (Kabbalah), Hasidism, Judaism, Mysticism.

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Recent scholars have tended to interpret 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 as an attempt to belittle ecstatic experiences, such as Paul's ascent to paradise, in favor of suffering in the service of the gospel. This study offers an alternative. An analysis of ascent traditions in the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds investigates ascent as both a literary motif and a religious practice. This analysis probes several issues relevant to 2 Cor 12:1-10, including dynamics of ascent and suffering. The study turns next to religious experiences Paul believes he and his communities have undergone. A pattern emerges in which extraordinary experiences provide the basis for suffering and service. Moreover, Paul expects his communities to have had experiences similar to, if less dramatic than, his ascent to heaven. The author argues that in its context in 2 Corinthians, Paul's ascent should be understood as an encounter with Christ that transcends human language and endows Paul with divine power, which must be refined through suffering. With the help of four premodern interpreters, the study further explores the theological relevance of Paul's ascent. For Paul, mystical encounter with Christ forms the precondition for suffering and service because it enables self-transcending love for God and neighbors.

Ascension of the soul --- History of doctrines --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- 227.1*2 --- Brieven van Paulus aan de Corinthiërs --- 227.1*2 Brieven van Paulus aan de Corinthiërs --- Soul --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Ascension of the soul - History of doctrines - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Ascent to Heaven. --- History of Interpretation. --- Letters of Paul. --- Religious Experience. --- Second Corinthians.