Hekhalot literature in context

Description:

"Hekhalot literature, the earliest expression of Jewish mysticism, emerged in Palestine and Babylonia in late antiquity (ca. 500-900 C.E.). In the present volume, an international team of experts explores the literary formation, cultural meanings, religious functions, and textual transmission of this literature."--Back of dust jacket.

subjects: Hekhalot literature,  Judaism,  History and criticism,  Hekhalot-literatuur,  Congresses,  11.21 Jewish religious literature,  Mysticism,  Culturele aspecten,  Mysticism, judaism,  Cabala,  Jewish literature, history and criticism