RT Book T1 Second Temple Pseudepigraphy: A Cross-cultural Comparison of Apocalyptic Texts and Related Jewish Literature T2 Ekstasis JF Ekstasis A1 Dobroruka, Vicente 1969- LA English PP Berlin u.a. PB De Gruyter YR 2013 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/782315917 AB Main description: At this point of the scholarly debate on the nature of Second Temple pseudepigraphy, one may ask why another look at the problem is needed. This book is not the definitive answer to that problem but it proposes different paths - or better still, a two-fold path: on one hand to understand Second Temple pseudepigraphy as a mystical experience and on the other, for lack of a suitable ancient example, to compare it to modern-day automatic writing. AB At this point of the scholarly debate on the nature of Second Temple pseudepigraphy, one may ask why another look at the problem is needed. This book is not the definitive answer to that problem but it proposes different paths - or better still, a two-fold path: on one hand to understand Second Temple pseudepigraphy as a mystical experience and on the other, for lack of a suitable ancient example, to compare it to modern-day automatic writing. CN BS1700 SN 978-3-11-033354-1 K1 Apocalyptic Literature : History and criticism K1 Rabbinical literature : History and criticism K1 Judaism : History : Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D K1 Jews : History : 586 B.C.-70 A.D K1 Second Temple Judaism : Jewish Apocalyptic literature : Pseudepigraphy : Altered states of consciousness K1 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology K1 Second Temple Judaism K1 Jewish Apocalyptic literature K1 Pseudepigraphy K1 Altered states of consciousness DO 10.1515/9783110333787