Jewish Gnosticism, merkabah mysticism, and Talmudic tradition.

by Gershom Scholem

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Published 1960 by Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Mysticism -- Judaism.

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Classifications
LC Classifications	BM723 .S34
The Physical Object
Pagination	126 p.
Number of Pages	126
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL5798103M
LC Control Number	60010743
OCLC/WorldCa	732405

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Lecture 2, “Merkabah Mysticism and Jewish Gnosticism,” constituted the first extended treatment of hekhalot literature in English. This was followed some twenty years later by Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism, and Talmudic Tradition (New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, ; 2nd improved edition, ), a small book 5/5(1). some Talmudic references, was Gnostic in character. His chapter de-voted to the subject in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism ( 1)9 was entitled "Merkabah Mysticism and Jewish Gnosticism", and his detailed study of this period Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism and Talmu-dic Tradition (, revised ) A paragraph explaining this appella-.

  Gnostic Cosmology and the Apocryphon of John [Lecture] Elaine. The Gnostic Gospels. New York: Vintage Books, Gershom G. Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism,and Talmudic Tradition. Academic study of Jewish mysticism, especially since Gershom Scholem's Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (), distinguishes between different forms of mysticism across different eras of Jewish these, Kabbalah, which emerged in 12th-century Europe, is the most well known, but not the only typologic form, or the earliest to previous forms were Merkabah mysticism .   In his lecture “Merkabah Mysticism and Jewish Gnosticism” (published in Major Trends), Scholem argues that Jewish mysticism originated in first century BCE Palestine (represented by apocalyptic literature such as the Book of Enoch), developing into the “classical period” of fourth to sixth century CE (Merkabah speculation by known.

  If you like this book, I'd recommend you also read, "Jewish Gnosticism-Merkabah Mysticism-and Talmudic Tradition," "On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead," and his voluminous entry in a Jewish Encyclopedia on Kabbalah published as a stand-alone volume entitled, "Kabbalah."Cited by: 2 Modern heikhalot research dates from the work of G. Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (New York, ), 40–79; and idem, Jewish Gnosticism Merkabah Mysticism and Talmudic Tradition (New York, ). For research of the last few decades, see nn. 9 and 12 and the bibliography for this Size: KB. The Talmud, curiously enough (Ḥag. 13a), refers the phrase, "Honey and milk are under thy tongue" (Cant. iv. 11), to the Merkabah, one of the principal parts of Jewish gnosis, saying that the knowledge of the Merkabah, which is sweeter than milk and honey, shall remain under the tongue, meaning that it shall not be taught (comp. Dietrich.