| Reading with an I to the Heavens: Looking at the Qumran Hodayot Through the Lens of Visionary Traditions Contributor(s): Harkins, Angela Kim (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110251809 ISBN-13: 9783110251807 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General |
| Dewey: 296.155 |
| LCCN: 2012019644 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.42 lbs) 334 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 subjectivity of a visionary which can then predispose him to have a religious experience. The author offers new interdisciplinary insights into meditative ritual reading as a religious practice for transformation in antiquity. |
