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The poetics of ascent : theories of language in a rabbinic ascent text

Title
The poetics of ascent : theories of language in a rabbinic ascent text / Naomi Janowitz.
Author
Janowitz, Naomi.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1989.

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Description
xv, 154 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series in Judaica
Uniform Title
  • Maʿaśeh merkavah. English.
  • SUNY series in Judaica.
Subject
  • Maʿaśeh merkavah
  • Maʻaśeh merkavah
  • Merkava
  • Ascension of the soul > History of doctrines
  • Verlichting (mystiek)
  • Asceticism > Judaism
  • Asceticism > In rabbinical literature
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 145-149.
Contents
Images of ascent -- Introduction to the text -- Translation and notes -- The patterns and poetics of Ascent: employing the name -- The pragmatics of ascent and the problem of ritual language -- The textual evidence -- Old testament theories of language.
ISBN
  • 0887066364
  • 9780887066368
  • 0887066372
  • 9780887066375
LCCN
87009993
OCLC
  • ocm15588977
  • 15588977
  • SCSB-1732053
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library