Tag Archives: Robin Griffith-Jones

SBL Notes 2009: Daphna Arbel — Religious Experience in Early Judaism and Early Christianity

By David Larsen | Published: December 3, 2009

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 century – the Hekhalot [...]

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, Metatron, Moshe Idel, New Orleans, religious experience, SBL, Society of Biblical Literature | Leave a comment

Temple Studies Group Symposium III: An Enlightening Day

By David Larsen | Published: November 1, 2009

I just got home this morning from yesterday’s Temple Studies Group symposium at the Temple Church in London. In fact, my dear wife picked up from the train station this morning on her way to Church. I can’t complain at all, however, about the trip, as it was so much better than if I had [...]