Second Temple pseudepigraphy : a cross-cultural comparison of apocalyptic texts and related Jewish literature

Second Temple pseudepigraphy : a cross-cultural comparison of apocalyptic texts and related Jewish literature /

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Main Author: Dobroruka, Vicente, 1969- (Author)
Corporate Author: Ebooks Corporation
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : De Gruyter, 2014.
Series:Ekstasis : religious experience from antiquity to the Middle Ages, volume 4
Subjects:
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Jews > History > 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
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505 0 0 |a Machine generated contents note:   |g ch. 1   |t Why a cross-cultural approach is needed in order to try a different understanding of Second Temple pseudepigraphy --   |g 1.  |t Introductory remarks --   |g 2.  |t Nature and purpose of cross-cultural studies in Biblical scholarship --   |g 3.  |t Terminology and definitions --   |g 3.1.  |t Altered states of consciousness --   |g 3.2.  |t Ecstasy --   |g 3.3.  |t Possession --   |g 3.4.  |t Automatisms --   |g 3.5.  |t Hypnosis --   |g 4.  |t Automatic writing and ecstatic practices in recent scholarship --   |g 5.  |t meaning of pseudepigraphy --   |g 6.  |t Outline of scholarship about late Second Temple apocalyptic pseudepigraphy --   |g 6.1.  |t concept of corporate identity as applied to apocalyptic pseudepigraphy --   |g 6.2.  |t Recent discussions on apocalyptic pseudepigraphy regarding identification with alleged authors --   |g ch. 2   |t How much is automatic writing useful as a hermeneutic tool? --   |g 1.  |t Automatic writing as hypnotic phenomenon --   |g 1.1.  |t Non-mystical automatic writing --   |g 1.2.  |t Writings in other languages --   |g 2.  |t Multiple-personality phenomena and automatic writing --   |g 3.  |t Automatic writing as possession --   |g 4.  |t Past-lives therapy, hypnosis and identity with past characters --   |g 5.  |t Summary --   |g ch. 3   |t Automatic writing in modern-day Kardecism --   |g 1.  |t Introductory-remarks to the chapter --   |g 2.  |t Brief introduction to the development of Brazilian Kardecism --   |g 2.1.  |t survey of Kardecist doctrine --   |g 2.2.  |t Kardecism in Brazil --   |g 3.  |t Kardecist preparatory processes for automatic writing --   |g 3.1.  |t Automatic writing and mediumship training --   |g 3.2.  |t Preparation and meaning of automatic writing in Brazilian Kardecism --   |g 3.3.  |t Genre and personal identity of the spiritual author --   |g 4.  |t Editorial mediation of psychography --   |g 5.  |t Two modern-day Kardecist apocalypses and how their alleged authors are portrayed --   |g 6.  |t Summary --   |g ch. 4   |t Automatic writing in Antiquity regarding religious texts --   |g 1.  |t Introductory remarks to the chapter --   |g 2.  |t Survey of chosen passages --   |g 2.1.  |t Full description of the narrator's identity --   |g 2.2.  |t Other descriptions of the narrator's identity --   |g 2.3.  |t Passages with smaller number of indications --   |g 3.  |t Authorship of apocalyptic texts and divine manifestations --   |g 3.1.  |t Brief discussion --   |g 3.2.  |t Divine interference manifest in the texts --   |g 4.  |t Possible evidence for automatic writing in three specific ancient cases --   |g 4.1.  |t Writings from a deceased prophet via human hands: the case of 2Chr 21 --   |g 4.2.  |t Texts handed down directly from above: the Book of Elchasai --   |g 4.3.  |t Fraud and satire: written instructions for the Greek credulous --   |g 5.  |t Summary --   |g ch. 5   |t Philo, Josephus and 4Ezra: the main testimonies for inspired writing during the Second Temple Period --   |g 1.  |t Introductory remarks to the chapter --   |g 2.  |t Survey of chosen passages --   |g 2.1.  |t Philo of Alexandria --   |g 2.2.  |t Josephus --   |g 2.3.  |t 4Ezra --   |g 3.  |t Issues at stake in cross-cultural comparison regarding the three authors --   |g 3.1.  |t Knowledge and scholarship as essential issues --   |g 3.2.  |t More sophisticated devices in terms of preparation versus rationalizing --   |g 4.  |t Summary --   |g ch. 6   |t Considerations on religious pseudepigraphy in Antiquity --   |g 1.  |t Introductory remarks to the chapter --   |g 2.  |t survey of chosen names for apocalyptic pseudepigraphy --   |g 3.  |t Pseudepigraphy and forgery --   |g 3.1.  |t Central elements to the notion of literary forgery --   |g 3.2.  |t Intention of fraud --   |g 4.  |t Ancient testimonies in individual cases of religious pseudepigraphy caught in the act of writing --   |g 4.1.  |t Tertullian --   |g 4.2.  |t Salvian of Marseille --   |g 5.  |t Psychical phenomena related to pseudepigraphy --   |g 6.  |t Authorial ascribing, orthodoxy and wisdom --   |g 7.  |t Summary --   |t Conclusion --   |g 1.  |t General remarks on the possible similarities between Second Temple pseudepigraphy and Kardecism --   |g 2.  |t Arguments supportive of actual identification between mechanical writer and apocalyptic visionary --   |g 2.1.  |t Effects described --   |g 2.2.  |t Choosing of names --   |g 2.3.  |t Parallels in other identification-type mystical experiences --   |g 2.4.  |t Parallels in other identification-type non-mystical experiences --   |g 2.5.  |t Unmatching styles --   |g 3.  |t Arguments against actual identification between mechanical writer and apocalyptic visionary --   |g 3.1.  |t Vagueness of the essential link, reincarnation and manipulating of the dead --   |g 3.2.  |t Weight of stereotypical descriptions --   |g 3.3.  |t Weak evidence provided by similar hypnotic-like descriptions --   |g 3.4.  |t Uncertainty of OT passages --   |g 3.5.  |t Psychography is never intended as deception or confusing evidence --   |g 4.  |t Final remarks. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
650 0 |a Apocalyptic literature  |x History and criticism 
650 0 |a Rabbinical literature  |x History and criticism. 
650 0 |a Judaism  |x History  |y Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D. 
650 0 |a Jews  |x History  |y 586 B.C.-70 A.D. 
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