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The Origins of Jewish Mysticism

A scholarly synthesis tracing the prehistory of Merkavah mysticism and arguing against theories of an unbroken continuum from earlier strata.

Author: Peter Schäfer
Type: Book
Written: 2009
Edition: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press (2011 ed.; Mohr Siebeck issued the 2009 original)
Language: English
Tradition: Merkavah & Hekhalot
Identifiers: ISBN978-0-691-14215-9 (Princeton 2011 pbk); 978-3-16-149931-9 (Mohr Siebeck 2009)

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