Understanding Jewish Mysticism: The Merkabah Tradition and the Zoharic Tradition

David R. Blumenthal

This volume presents the texts of Sefer Yetsira, parts of the Pirkei Heikhalot, a few sections of the Zohar and a page from the Lurianic Prayerbook. Many of these texts are translated here for the first time and all texts are accompanied by a commentary and by introductory and concluding notes which explicate the text. The first unit introduces the Merkabah tradition, considers the Genesis story and Ezekiel's vision, and then presents the Sefer Yetsira, and Pirkei Heikhalot texts. It concludes with a discussion of the character and subsequent history of this tradition. The second unit introduc

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