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SBL Notes 2009: Daphna Arbel — Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity
Daphna Arbel (read by Robin Griffith-Jones) Moshe Idel and Religious Experience in the Hekhalot Literature Moshe Idel’s research features an open methodology – a pluralistic/interdisciplinary approach His work is representative of a new scholarly view of Judaism – based on experiential orientation The focus of his research principally covers Judaism of the 4th to 9th [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Judaism, Heavenly Ascents, Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences | Also tagged Daphna Arbel, Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism, Early Judaism, Enoch, Hekhalot, Merkabah Mysticism, Moshe Idel, New Orleans, religious experience, Robin Griffith-Jones, SBL, Society of Biblical Literature | Comments closed
The Weeping God
As I was doing some research this morning, I came across a text that, although quite unrelated to what I was looking for, I found very interesting. I thought I would share it here on my blog. The text struck me as very similar to a passage of scripture from the (LDS) Book of Moses [...]
Posted in Scripture, Temple | Also tagged Book of Moses, Enoch, God weeping, Lamentations Rabbah, Temple of Jerusalem, Zion | Comments closed
SBL 2008 Notes: Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism
Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism Session Topic: Enochic Literature Dr. Silviu Bunta (PhD, Marquette University) presiding First Presenter: Name Unknown The book of 1 Enoch describes a scene in which Enoch is shown a group of seven mountains. The middle mountain is God’s throne–the mountain of judgment The other mountains are thrones of the divine [...]
Posted in Religious Scholars, Scholarly Conferences | Also tagged conference, Enoch, Enochic literature, Jewish and Christian Mysticism, SBL, Son of Man, thrones | Comments closed
Engraved on the Throne of Glory
Insights from Dr. Andrei Orlov’s “The Face as the Heavenly Counterpart of the Visionary” One of my main intentions when I decided to commence this blog was to share some of the great materials I have come in contact with as I have studied at Marquette University. I have had many great professors in the [...]
Posted in Early Christianity, Heavenly Ascents, Scripture, Temple | Also tagged Andrei Orlov, Apocalypticism, Ascents, Deification, Enoch, Jacob, Ladder, Marquette, Mysticism, Solomon, Theosis, Throne, Yahweh | Comments closed
El Shaddai: Ascension of Metatron Video Game