The Faces of the Chariot: Early Jewish Responses to Ezekiel's Vision |
Contents
Shadows of the Merkabah | 11 |
The Beginnings of Merkabah Interpretation | 38 |
The Merkabah and the Apocalypses | 63 |
The Synagogue Tradition | 115 |
The Merkabah and the Calf | 157 |
The Merkabah and the Waters | 194 |
The Merkabah and the Rainbow | 250 |
The Shabuᵒot Cycle | 262 |
Śar Torah Revisited | 427 |
Conclusion | 447 |
Orientation to Rabbinic Sources | 456 |
Appendix III | 491 |
Appendix V | 505 |
Appendix VII | 518 |
Reference List | 546 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abbahu Abraham Akiba angels Apocalypse Apocalypse of Abraham appears Aramaic ascension Babylonian baraita Biblical Book of Ezekiel Book of Revelation BT Hag calf celestial century chapter chariot cherubim Christian context creatures Daniel descended earth Eliezer Enoch Exodus expositor expounded Ezekiel 1:1 Ezekiel's merkabah face fire firmament Genesis God's Greek haftarah haggadah haggadot hayyot heavenly Hebrew Hekhalot Hekhalot Rabbati holy homily interpretation Isaiah Ishmael Israel Israelites Jewish Jews Johanan Joshua Judah kabah king Levi look Lord manuscripts Mekhilta merkabah merkabah exegesis merkabah vision Metatron midrash midrashim Mishnah Moses original Palestinian parallel pardes passage perhaps Pesiąta Pesiqta's prince prophet Psalm quoted Rabbah Red Sea reference Sandalphon Sar Torah Schäfer Scholem Scripture seems seven heavens Shabb Shabu Shechinah Song story synagogue synagogue tradition Talmud Tanh Tanhuma Tannaitic Temple throne of glory tion Tosefta translation verse Visions of Ezekiel wings words writer written