The Ritualization of Messianic Time in Early Jewish Mysticism: The "Apocalypse of Abraham" as a Test Case
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Brill
Source Publication
Time and Eternity in Jewish Mysticism
Source ISSN
9789004290303
Abstract
This essay explores a messianic passage found in chapter 29 of the Apocalypse of Abraham, in which the messiah is envisioned as a scapegoat. The study argues that in the Apocalypse of Abraham, messianic time becomes "ritualized" when the story's eschatological characters become reinterpreted as celebrants of the apocalyptic Yom Kippur ceremony.
Recommended Citation
Orlov, Andrei, "The Ritualization of Messianic Time in Early Jewish Mysticism: The "Apocalypse of Abraham" as a Test Case" (2015). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 813.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/813
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Comments
"The Ritualization of Messianic Time in Early Jewish Mysticism: The "Apocalypse of Abraham" as a Test Case," in Time and eternity in Jewish mysticism : that which is before and that which is after, edited by Brian Ogren. Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2015. Chapter 7, pages 111-124. DOI.