Images of Torah: From the Second-Temple Period to the Middle Ages
Author | : Jeong Mun. Heo |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2023-06-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004543228 |
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This book explores the way that the Torah was appreciated and interpreted as a text and symbol in Christian and Jewish sources from the Second Temple period through the Middle Ages. It tracks the development and complex interactions of three images of Torah— “God-like,” “Angelic,” and “Messianic”— which are found in late-antique Jewish and Christian materials as well as in medieval kabbalistic and Jewish philosophic sources. It provides a unique template for tracing the development of theological ideas related to the images of Torah and offers a sophisticated and innovative analysis of the relationship between mystical experience, theology, and phenomenology.