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Starting from a careful definition of mysticism, this volume argues that there is clear evidence for the practice of mysticism in the Community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It offers a close reading of the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, the Self-Glorification Hymn, and related texts, which constitute the Qumran mystical corpus. It discusses the nature of the mystical experience at Qumran, which was centred on union with the...
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Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull.He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology.A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?
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'A very thorough and clearly written presentation of the famous 'Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice' from Qumran. Philip Alexander puts the hymns into the larger context of the religious history of ancient Judaism, boldly claiming that they represent an early manifestation of Jewish mysticism that originated in priestly circles in Jerusalem. A small book, written by a first-rate scholar, which most certainly will provoke a fruitful controversy.'Peter Schaefer, Perelman...
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- PublisherT&T Clark
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0567040828
- ISBN 13 9780567040824
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages192
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