Hebrew-language Jewish mystical text dating from the Gaonic period
The Ma'aseh Merkabah (Hebrew: מעשה מרכבה, lit. 'Work of the Chariot') is a Hebrew-language Jewish mystical text dating from the Gaonic period that comprises a collection of hymns recited by the "descenders" and heard during their ascent. It is part of the tradition of Merkabah mysticism and the Hekhalot literature. The text was first edited by Gershom Scholem (1965).[1] An English translation by Janowitz can be found in her Poetics of Ascent, pages 29–81. The critical edition and translation of the text was published by Michael D. Swartz.[2]
^Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash Hermann Leberecht Strack, Günter Stemberger, Markus Bockmuehl - 1991 Ma'aseh Merkabah was first edited ...
^Michael D. Swartz, Mystical Prayer in Ancient Judaism: An Analysis of Maʻaseh Merkavah Coronet Books, 1991, p. 3.
Bockmuehl - 1991 Ma'aseh Merkabah was first edited ... Michael D. Swartz, Mystical Prayer in Ancient Judaism: An Analysis of Maʻaseh Merkavah Coronet Books...
that this is because the Lesser YHWH is a reference to Yahoel. In MaasehMerkabah, the text reasons that Metatron is called the Lesser YHWH because in...
nor was it the first form which emerged. Among the previous forms were Merkabah mysticism (c. 100 BCE – 1000 CE), and Ashkenazi Hasidim (early 13th century)...
validity of the decree regarding the execution of the Ten Martyrs; MaasehMerkabah ("Account of the Chariot"), a collection of hymns recited by the "descenders"...
influence by Man, as the meaning of these secret doctrines of the Torah. Merkabah mysticism Pardes (legend) Pardes (Jewish exegesis) Hekhalot literature...
speculations among Christian Gnostics had partial origins in Maaseh Breshit and MaasehMerkabah. This thesis is most notably put forward by Gershom Scholem...
mentioned once in the Mishnah. The Talmud says about him that he learned MaasehMerkabah with Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah, and that his teacher, Rabban Yohanan...
attention to mystical and transcendental speculations regarding Maaseh Bereshit, MaasehMerkabah, and the Divine Name. Many of his important utterances testify...
for the Perplexed. Also, he made a systematic exposition on Maaseh Bereishit and Merkabah mysticism, works of Jewish mysticism regarding the theology...
medieval period. A 15th-century Yemenite version of the text was titled Maaseh Yeshu, or the "Episode of Jesus", in which Jesus is described either as...
emerged fully expressed in the Middle Ages, as distinct from the earlier Merkabah mystical concepts and methods. According to this descriptive categorization...
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