Yahoel and Metatron : aural apocalypticism and the origins of early Jewish mysticism

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    • Orlov, Andrei A.

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Yahoel and Metatron : aural apocalypticism and the origins of early Jewish mysticism

Andrei A. Orlov

(Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum, 169)

Mohr Siebeck, c2017

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Bibliography: p. [211]-224

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In this work, Andrei A. Orlov examines Jewish apocalyptic traditions about the angel Yahoel, tracing their conceptual impact on the development of later rabbinic and Hekhalot beliefs concerning the supreme angel Metatron. The author argues that the figure Yahoel, who became associated in Jewish apocalypticism with the distinctive aural ideology of the divine Name, provides an important conceptual key not only for elucidating the evolution of the Metatron tradition, but also for understanding the origins of the distinctive aural ideology prominent in early Jewish mystical accounts. Andrei A. Orlov suggests that the aural mould of Jewish apocalypticism exercised a decisive and formative influence on the development of early Jewish mysticism.

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  • NCID
    BB25139726
  • ISBN
    • 9783161554476
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Tübingen
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 238 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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