Reading with an "I" to the Heavens : Looking at the Qumran Hodayot Through the Lens of Visionary Traditions.
This book examines the collection of prayers known as the Qumran Hodayot (Thanksgiving Hymns). The thesis of this book is that the ritualized reading of reports describing visionary experiences written in the first person "I" had the potential to create within the ancient reader the subjec...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2012.
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| Series: | Ekstasis (Walter de Gruyter & Co.)
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
