A Transparent Illusion: The Dangerous Vision of Water in Hekhalot Mysticism. a Source-Critical and Tradition-Historical Inquiry : The Dangerous Vision of Water in Hekhalot Mysticism - A Source-critica

Bok av Christopher R. A Morray-Jones
The water vision in "Hekhalot Zutarti" continues an ancient tradition of exegesis of Ezekiel 1 as an account of a heavenly ascent. "Water" signifies materiality and impurity in opposition to the fiery substance "(hashmal)" of the celestial temple above the firmament.