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In this ground-breaking study, Rachel Elior offers a comprehensive theory of the crystallization of the early stages of the mystical tradition in Judaism based on the numerous ancient scrolls and manuscripts published in the last few decades. Her wide-ranging research, scrupulously documented, enables her to demonstrate an uninterrupted line linking the priestly traditions of the Temple, the mystical liturgical literature found in the Qumran caves and associated directly and indirectly with the Merkavah tradition of around the second and first centuries BCE, and the mystical works of the second to fifth centuries CE known as Heikhalot literature. The key factor linking all these texts, according to Professor Elior's theory, is that many of those who wrote them were members of the priestly classes. Prevented from being able to perform the rituals of sacred service in the Temple as ordained in the biblical tradition, they channelled their religious impetus in other directions to create a new spiritual focus. The mystical tradition they developed centred first on a heavenly Chariot Throne known as the Merkavah, and later on heavenly sanctuaries known as Heikhalot. In this way the priestly class developed an alternative focus for spirituality, based on a supertemporal liturgical and ritual relationship with ministering angels in the supernal sanctuaries. This came to embrace an entire mystical world devoted to sustaining religious liturgical tradition and ritual memory in the absence of the Temple. This lyrical investigation of the origins and workings of this supernal world is sure to become a standard work in the study of early Jewish mysticism.

Hekhalot literature --- Merkava --- Mysticism --- Priests, Jewish --- 296*4 --- 296*4 Joodse mystiek --- Joodse mystiek --- Jews --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Merkabah --- Merkavah --- Throne of God --- Heikhalot literature --- Cabala --- Judaism&delete& --- History --- Priests --- Judaism --- Hekhalot literature. --- Merkava. --- Priests, Jewish. --- History. --- Mysticisme --- Hékhalot --- Merkaba --- Prêtres juifs --- Judaïsme --- Histoire

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Merkava --- Mysticism --- Judaism --- 296*4 --- Joodse mystiek --- 296*4 Joodse mystiek --- Hebräisch. --- Hekhalot-literatuur. --- Hemelvaart. --- Himmelfahrt. --- Merkaba. --- Merkava in rabbinical literature. --- Merkava. --- Mystique --- Wortfeld. --- Judaïsme. --- Kuyt, Annelies. --- Heikhalot rabbati. --- Heikhalot zutrati. --- Heikhalot. --- Maaseh merkavah. --- Maʻaśeh merkavah. --- Merkava in rabbinical literature --- Rabbinical literature --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Merkabah --- Merkavah --- Throne of God --- Maʻaśeh merkavah. --- Hekhalot zuṭrati --- Hekhalot zutarti --- Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Masekhet Hekhalot --- Maʻaśeh ha-merkavah --- ʻInyan merkavah --- Pirḳe merkavah --- Sefer ha-merkavah --- Masekhet merkavah --- Mysticism - Judaism

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Chretiens de Saint Jean --- Christians of St. John --- Disciples de Saint Jean --- Disciples of St. John --- Johanneschristenen --- Ma'aseh merkavah --- Mandaeans --- Mandaeers --- Mandaeisme --- Mandeeen --- Mandeeers --- Mandeens --- Mandeisme --- Mendaeans --- Merkabah --- Merkava --- Merkavah --- Nasoraeans --- Sabians --- St. John's Christians --- Judaism --- Gnosticism --- Mandaeans. --- Mysticism --- Merkava. --- Mandéens --- Mysticisme --- Merkaba --- Relations --- Gnosticism. --- Judaism. --- Judaïsme --- 273.1 --- -Judaism --- -Mandaeans --- -Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Throne of God --- Christian heresies --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Gnosis. Gnosticisme --- -Gnosticism --- History --- Religion --- -Gnosis. Gnosticisme --- 273.1 Gnosis. Gnosticisme --- -Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Dark night of the soul --- Mandéens --- Judaïsme --- Relations&delete& --- Christians of Saint John --- Disciples of Saint John --- Sabaeans (Mandaeans) --- Saint John's Christians --- Subbiyuns --- Religious adherents --- Cults

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In exploring the social background of early Jewish mysticism, Scholastic Magic tells the story of how imagination and magic were made to serve memory and scholasticism. In the visionary literature that circulated between the fifth and ninth centuries, there are strange tales of ancient rabbis conjuring the angel known as Sar-Torah, the "Prince of the Torah." This angel endowed the rabbis themselves with spectacular memory and skill in learning, and then taught them the formulas for giving others these gifts. This literature, according to Michael Swartz, gives us rare glimpses of how ancient and medieval Jews who stood outside the mainstream of rabbinic leadership viewed Torah and ritual. Through close readings of the texts, he uncovers unfamiliar dimensions of the classical Judaic idea of Torah and the rabbinic civilization that forged them.Swartz sets the stage for his analysis with a discussion of the place of memory and orality in ancient and medieval Judaism and how early educational and physiological theories were marshaled for the cultivation of memory. He then examines the unusual magical rituals for conjuring angels and ascending to heaven as well as the authors' attitudes to authority and tradition, showing them to have subverted essential rabbinic values even as they remained beholden to them. The result is a ground-breaking analysis of the social and conceptual background of rabbinic Judaism and ancient Mediterranean religions. Offering complete translations of the principal Sar-Torah texts, Scholastic Magic will become essential reading for those interested in religions in the ancient and medieval world, ritual studies, and popular religion.Originally published in 1996.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Jewish magic --- Joodse magie --- Ma'aseh merkavah --- Magic [Jewish ] --- Magie [Joodse ] --- Magie juive --- Merkabah --- Merkava --- Merkavah --- Intercessory prayer --- -Magic, Jewish --- -Rabbis --- -Jewish rabbis --- Jewish scholars --- Magic, Jewish --- Magic, Semitic --- Intercession (Prayer) --- Functionaries --- -Joodse mystiek --- Jewish rabbis --- Mysticism --- Rabbis --- 296*4 --- 296*4 Joodse mystiek --- Joodse mystiek --- Clergy --- Judaism --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Judaism&delete& --- History --- Heikhalot rabbati. --- Maʻaśeh merkavah. --- Masekhet Hekhalot --- Maʻaśeh ha-merkavah --- ʻInyan merkavah --- Pirḳe merkavah --- Sefer ha-merkavah --- Masekhet merkavah --- Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Hekhalot rabati --- Sefer Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Pirḳe Hekhalot --- Prayers and devotions --- Rabbis - Prayer-books and devotions. --- Intercessory prayer - Judaism. --- Sar Torah texts --- Jewish magic. --- Judaism. --- History.

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Christology --- Jewish religion --- Messiah. --- Merkava. --- Throne of God. --- Rabbinical literature --- Relation to the New Testament. --- 225*2 --- Merkava --- Messiah --- -Throne of God --- God --- Hebrew literature --- Jewish literature --- Maʻaśeh merkavah (Jewish mysticism) --- Merkabah --- Merkavah --- Mysticism --- Throne of God --- Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament: christologie --- Relation to the New Testament --- Throne --- Judaism --- Jesus Christ --- -Jesus Christ --- -Christ --- Cristo --- Jezus Chrystus --- Jesus Cristo --- Jesus, --- Jezus --- Christ, Jesus --- Yeh-su --- Masīḥ --- Khristos --- Gesù --- Christo --- Yeshua --- Chrystus --- Gesú Cristo --- Ježíš --- Isa, --- Nabi Isa --- Isa Al-Masih --- Al-Masih, Isa --- Masih, Isa Al --- -Jesus, --- Jesucristo --- Yesu --- Yeh-su Chi-tu --- Iēsous --- Iēsous Christos --- Iēsous, --- Kʻristos --- Hisus Kʻristos --- Christos --- Jesuo --- Yeshuʻa ben Yosef --- Yeshua ben Yoseph --- Iisus --- Iisus Khristos --- Jeschua ben Joseph --- Ieso Kriʻste --- Yesus --- Kristus --- ישו --- ישו הנוצרי --- ישו הנצרי --- ישוע --- ישוע בן יוסף --- المسيح --- مسيح --- يسوع المسيح --- 耶稣 --- 耶稣基督 --- 예수그리스도 --- Jíizis --- Yéshoua --- Iėsu̇s --- Khrist Iėsu̇s --- عيسىٰ --- Exaltation --- Person and offices --- History of doctrines --- -225*2 --- -Exaltation --- 225*2 Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament: christologie --- -Christology --- -Merkava --- Christianity and other religions --- Christ --- Exaltation. --- Person and offices. --- ‏عيسىٰ‏ --- Rabbinical literature - Relation to the New Testament.