Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Note on Translations of Sources
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- 1 The Merkavah and the Sevenfold Pattern
- 2 From Temple to Merkavah: From the Chariot Throne of the Cherubim to Ezekiel's Vision
- 3 The Solar Calendar as Pattern of Sacred Time
- 4 Enoch Son of Jared and the Solar Calendar
- 5 The Sin of the Watchers and the Lunar Calendar
- 6 Covenants, Oaths, Sevens, and the Festival of Shavuot
- 7 Ezekiel's Vision and the Festival of Shavuot
- 8 Priests and Angels
- 9 The Secessionist Priesthood and Rabbinic Tradition
- 10 Heikhalot Literature
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Note on Transliteration
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Note on Translations of Sources
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- 1 The Merkavah and the Sevenfold Pattern
- 2 From Temple to Merkavah: From the Chariot Throne of the Cherubim to Ezekiel's Vision
- 3 The Solar Calendar as Pattern of Sacred Time
- 4 Enoch Son of Jared and the Solar Calendar
- 5 The Sin of the Watchers and the Lunar Calendar
- 6 Covenants, Oaths, Sevens, and the Festival of Shavuot
- 7 Ezekiel's Vision and the Festival of Shavuot
- 8 Priests and Angels
- 9 The Secessionist Priesthood and Rabbinic Tradition
- 10 Heikhalot Literature
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Three TemplesOn the Emergence of Jewish Mysticism, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2004