SBL Society of Biblical Literature S=> Symposium Series Victor H. Matthews, Series Editor Number II PARADISE NOW Essays On EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MysTICIsMPARADISE NOW Essays ON EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MySTICISM Edited by April D. DeConick Society of Biblical Literature AtlantaPARADISE NOW Essays ON EARLY JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN Mysticism. Copyright © 2006 by the Society of Biblical Literature All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form for by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by ‘means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permit. ted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to the Rights and Permissions Otfice, Society of Biblical Literature, 825 Houston Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paradise now : essays on ealy Jewish and Christian mysticism /edited by April D. DeConick prem, — (Society of Biblical Literature symposium series no. 11) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13:978-1-58983-287-2 (paper binding alk. paper) ISBN-10:1-58982-257-4 (paper binding: alk. paper) 1. Mysticism—Judaism—History. 2. Mysticsm—History. 1. De Conick, April D. I Series: Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literate) sno. 11 'BM723 .P368 2006, 2968'1-—de22 2006034373, 14 13 12 11 10 0908 07 06S 43.21 Printed in the United States of America on ac-fre, recycled paper conforming to ANSI/NISO 739.48-1992 (R1997) and 1S0 97061994 standards for paper permanence eIN MEMORY OF GILLES QUISPEL (1916-2006)ConTENTS Abbreviations, Preface see ‘What Is Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism? April D. DeConich . nl Parr 1: HERMENEUTICS AND EXPERIENCE Religious Experience and the Construction of the Transcendent Self ‘Alan F Sega Visionary Experience in Ancient Judaism and Christianity Christopher Rowland, with Patricia Gibbons and Vicente Dobroruka mu AD Performative Exegesis Seth L. Sanders 37 Parr 2: COMMUNAL IDENTITIES “The Emergence of the Mystical Traditions of the Merkabalt Rachel Elor. : 3 “The Ancient Jewish Apocalypses and the Hekhalot Literature James R. Davila. 105 Rabbi Ishmael’ Priestly Genealogy in Hekhalot Lit Ravanan 8. Bows. : 127 Paxr 3: Cosmo1ocy ‘The Temple Within 145 Christopher R. A. Morray Jonesviii CONTENTS God's Face in the Enochic Tradition Andrei A. Orley. 179 ‘Whess of Time in the Apocalypse of ss Christ Cameron C. Afeal 195 Sexuality and Gender of Angels Kevin Sullivan 21 Panr 4: ApocatyPricism Lessons on Early Jewish Apocalypticism and Mysticism from Dream Literature Frances Flannery-Dailey 231 Situating the Afterlife Kelley Coblents Bautch. 249 Schlag Soro, Divine Weping nd Gos Right Arn Rebeca Lese8 enn oe 265 Parr 5: Practices ‘The Therapeutae, Text Work, Ritual, and Mystical Experience Celia Deutsch . 287 Jewish and Christian Heavenly Meal Traditions ‘Andrea Lieber Baptismal Praxis and Mystical Experience in the Book of Revelation Charles A. Gieschen, Divine Secrets and Divination Daphna Arbel Bibliography. Contributors: Indes of Ancient Sources. Indes of Modern Authors.ABBREVIATIONS Primary Sources ‘Abod. Zan ‘Abot R. Nat. Abr Acer, ‘Ag. Ap. Agr Ale Ant, ‘Apoc. Abr. ‘Apoc. Mos. Ase, Isa. Autol Bs 2 Bar. B. Bat Bapt. Ber Cant, Rab, cw Cher Com. Jo Cony. Cong. Conterpl Dec: Demon, Det. Deus Deut, Rab, Did. Apost. Br. ‘Abodas Zarah “Abor of Rabbi Nathan Philo, De Abrahamo Virgil, Aeneid Josephus, Against Apion Philo, De agrcultura Euripides, Alesis Josephus, Jewish Antiquities Apocalypse of Abraham “Apocalypse of Moses “Ascension of Isaiah Theophilus of Antioch, Ad Autolycum Babylonian Talmud 2 Baruch (Syriac Apocalypse) Baba Batra Tertullian, De baptismo Berakot Canticles Rabbah Cairo Genizah copy ofthe Damascus Document Philo, De cherubim Origen, Commentaritin evangelium Joannis Philo, De confusione linguarum Philo, De congress eruditionis gratia Philo, De vita contemplativa Philo, De decaiogo Irenaeus, Demonstratio Philo, Quod deterus ptiort insidari soleat Philo, Quod Deus sit mmutabils Deuteronomy Rabbah Didascalia Apostolorum Philo, De ebrietateB. Etench En 2En 3m bp Eng: Eum. Exag Exod. Rab Ezek. Trag Fig Gen. Rab Ge. Gos Heb, Gos. Pet. Gos. Phi Gos. Thom Gos. Truth Her Hig Hee. Heh. Rab Hkh, Za Her. Herm. Vis Herm. Sim. Herm. Mand. Hom. Ezech Hom. Li. Hyp. Arch Hypoth fos 15.08 Jos. Asen. Jub. LAB Lad. Jac. Lam. Rab. Leg Lagat Lew. Cit ABBREVIATIONS Euripides, Electret Hippolytus, Elenchus 1 Enoch 2 Enoch 3 Enoch (Sefer Hekhalot) Philostratus, Epistulae Eugnostos the Blessed Nopos, Eumenes Ezckiel the Tragedian, Exagoge Exodus Rabbah Ezckiel the Tragedian Philo, De fuga et inventione Genesis Rabbah Philo, De gigantibus Gospel of Hebrews Gospel of Peter Gospel of Philip Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Truth Irenaeus, Adversus hacreses Hogigah Euripides, Hecuba Hokhalot Rabbati Hokhalot Zutarti Philo, Quis rerum divinarum heres sit Shepherd of Hermas, Vision Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude Shepherd of Hermas, Mandate Origen, Homiliae in Bzechielem Origen, Homiliae in Lucam Hypostasis ofthe Archons Philo, Hypothetica Aristotle, De insomniis Philo, De losepho Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride Joseph and Aseneth Jubilees Liber antiquitatum biblicarum Ladder of Jacob Lamentations Rabbah Philo, Legum ailegoriae Philo, Legatio ad Gaim Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and ClitophonLev. Rab Meg. Men Meta. Mia Mig Mos Mur Myst Num. Rab Oites So Opit. Ores. Orig. World Pan Pesig, Rab. Kah Phair Pinge REF Plot. Post. Praem. Prnep ex Prob Prov QE Qc Ref Resp Rom. Rot. Has. Sacr Sanh Smyrn Som Spe sin T Job T Jos, T Levi T Nophe T Re. ‘Tanh. Qed. ABBREVIATIONS xi Leviticus Rabbah Mishnah Megillah Menahot Apuleius, Metamorphoses Middor Philo, De migraione Abraham Philo, De vita Mosis Philo, De mutatione nominuam Ambrose, De mysteris Numbers Rabbah Odes of Solomon Philo, De opifcio mundi Euripides, Orestes (On the Origin of the World Epiphanius, Panarion Pesigta de Rab Kahana Plato, Phaedrus Pirge Rabb Eliezer Philo, De plantatione Philo, De postertate Caini Philo, De pracmis et poenis Eusebius, Praeparato evangelica Philo, Quod omnis probus liber sit Philo, De providentia Philo, Quaestones et solutones in Exodum Philo, Quaestiones et solutions in Genes Hippolytus, Refutaio omium haeresium Plato, Respubtica Ignatius, Leer ro Romans Roi Haséanah Philo, De sacrificis Abelis ot Caini Sanhedrin Ignatius, Leer tothe Smyreans Philo, De somniis Philo, De specialibus egibus Plato, Symposium Testament of Job Testament of Joseph Testament of Levi Testament of Naphtali Testament of Reuben Tanhuma QedushaTe. Ong, Tg. Prov ‘Theact. Trad. ap. Viet Vir. War x Yebam. ABBREVIATIONS Targum Ongelos Targum of Proverbs Plato, Theaetetus Hippolytus, Triditio apostotica Jerome, De vrisillustribus Philo, De virtutibus Josephus, Jewish War Jerusalem Talmud Yebamor Seconpary SouRcES AB ABD. ABRL, AfO. AG)U AGwe AIS Review AISL ALGH) AnBib ANRW AOAT AR BEATAJ BETL Bib Bijdr BURL Bs BR BZNW cag cBQMs cH ‘Anchor Bible Anchor Bible Dictionary: Edited by D. N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doublday, 1992. ‘Anchor Bible Reference Library Archiv fir Orientforschung Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchri- stentums Abhandlungen der Kéniglichen gesellschaft der wissenschaften 7u Géttingen Association for Jewish Studies Review American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature Arbeiten zur Literatur und Geschichte des hellenistischen Juden- tums Analecta biblica Aufstieg und Niedergang der rémischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Edited by H. Temporini and W. Haase. 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Jud LcL. Neot NICNT NIGTC Nov NovT'Sup NTOA NTS oB0, obs om. orp orst PIBA PvTG RB RevQ RHist RIA RSR SAA SBLBMI SBLDS SBLEJL SBLSBS SBLSP sBLTT ser Sem SemeiaSt SHR SILA SNTSMS SPhilo STD} svTP ABBREVIATIONS Journal for the Study ofthe Pseudepigeapha Supplement Series Jewish Studies Quarterly Jura of Semitic Studies Joursal of Theological Studies Judaica Loc Classical Library Neotestamentca New International Commentary on the New Testament New International Greek Testament Commentary Novun Testamentum Supplements to Novum Testamentum Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus [New Testament Studies ‘Orbis biblicus et orientalis Osterzeichische biblische Studien (Old Testament Library Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Edited by). H. Charlesworth, 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1983-85. ‘Oudtestamentische Studien Proceedings ofthe rsh Biblical Asociation Pseudepigrapha VeterisTestamenti Graece Revue bibique Revue de Quran Reflexions historiques Reallexikon der Asspriologie. 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The group was conceived in December 1995, when I convened with Jat] Fossum a symposium at the University of Michigan. The conference was held in the beautiful Rackham amphitheater in Ann Arbor. Our subject was “Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism: Vision and Audition? Over a two-day period, an inter- national group of scholars presented pioneering papers and held ground-breaking discussions about pre-Kabbalistic Jewish and pre-Dionysiac Christian mysticism. The scholars included April DeConick, David Evans, Jarl Fossum, Naomi Janow- itz, Dan Merkur, Chris Morray-Jones, Phillip Munoa, and Alan Segal ‘At the conclusion of the symposium, the group met for dinner at the famous converted train station, the Gandy Dancer, where, over fine wine and a delicious ‘meal, the conversation turned to discussing the possiblity of launching a Soci- ety of Biblical Literature geoup. I spoke to the group about the need to create a national venue for the exploration of mysticism in this early period, across the traditional boundaries that have separated the study of Judaism and Christianity from each other, | felt that the study of mysticism in this early period had been ignored, neglected, and marginalized for far too long. Others in the group agreed. So, over dessert, we mapped out an initial proposal for the group, and the Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism group was born the following year, From 1996 to 1998, we functioned as a Society of Biblical Literature Consul- tation. Since the field that we weze proposing to study was so news, at the time we could not even form a good definition of ous topic. So we decided to approach the ‘matter by examining various traditions, that is, mystical themes in literature of the Second Temple Period and the hekhalot, Since we did not wish to impose an etic definition on these materials, we thought that, if we explored various themes in the period-literature, eventually an emic definition might emerge. Even when we became a Society of Biblical Literature Group, three years later in 1999, we continued the thematic approach with the aim of coming to a better understand- ing of the nature and perforations of mysticism in the early period, ‘Over a ten-year period the group explored many themes, including, “Vision and Knowledge of God. “Esoteric Temple Traditions” “The Body of God? “The Chariot? “The Use of Scripture in Mystical Texts and Practice? “Angelology andxviii PARADISE NOW the Heavenly World” “Ritual And Practices? “Death and the Afterlife” “Gen: dered Images? "Cosmology" and “The Problem of Rabbinic Mysticism” Scholars who contributed papers or reviewed books included Ron Afzal, Philip Alexander, Daphna Arbel, Matthew Baldwin, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, Adam Becker, Ra'anan Abusch Boustan, Bogdan Bucur, Elizabeth Clark, Jim Davila, April DeConick, Kindalee Pfremmer DeLong, Celia Deutsch, Nathaniel Deutsch, Jonathan Draper, Rachel Blior, Frances Flannery-Daily, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Charles Gieschen, Alexander Golitizin, Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Bob Hall, David Halperin, Larry Hurtado, Rebecca Lesses, Andrea Lieber, Mark Kinzer, Jonathan Klawans, Jon: athan Knight, Kathryn Muller Lopez, Edmondo Lupieri, James McGrath, Dan Merkur, Philip Munoa, Andrei Orlov, Birger Pearson, Catherine Playoust, Seth Sanders, Jane Schaberg, Alan Segal, Michael Swartz, Jonah Steinberg, Kevin Sull van, John Turner, Michael Williams, and Elliot Wolfson. The vitality of the group and its success is due to each of these scholars, who have presented over the years very fine, even ground-breaking, contributions. One of the loveliest meetings, in my memory, was the Denver roundtable session in 2001, when members of the group each contributed 500-word essays on their own working definitions of early Jewish and Christian mysticism, which | “stitched” together for the Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers. It was 8 session in which members with very different approaches and understand: ings gathered and genuinely talked with each other. | learned many things that ‘Tuesday morning, mostly about the willingness to share and the kindness of the people who sat around that table. It was the day when many of us became friends, not just colleagues. The next year we started a tradition to carry on that comrad: cry. Since then, every Saturday night at the Annual Convention, we have met for ‘8 meal ata Jocal restaurant. Together we have drunk lots of wine and broken lots of bread and told lots of stories! ‘The present volume attempts to provide an overview of the work that ‘members of the group delivered in one format or another but that has not been published previously in other venues. | have attempted, in the first essay, to offer an emic definition of “early Jewish and Christian mysticism” as it unfolded in the thematic work ofthis group and my own musings as an independent scholar. Not everyone in the group would agree with my definition, but | offer it as my under standing of what the work of the group as a whole has brought to table and what insights I have gained from my interactions with members ofthe group. ‘The various parts of the volume build off this definition. The section on “Hermeneutics and Experience” consists of three papers that offer discussions about the intersection of exegesis and religious experience, Each scholar attempts to move the discussion beyond the roadblock that has stood in the field for some time: that the period-literature represents either imaginative fiction or actual experiences. Alan Segal addresses the issue from the angle of neurology, culture, and religiously interpreted experiences, Christopher Rowland applies the inno: vative work of Mary Carruthers, the “craft of memory.” as well as cross-culturalPREPACE xix studies tothe problem, Seth Sanders turns to the study of performance and inter pretation as a way to lead us out ofthis ambivalence. In the second part of the book, “Communal klentities? three essays offer provocative ways to imagine the identities of communities of mystics esponsible for various strands ofthe period-literature. Rachel Elior explores the emergence of the early merkabah traditions within the community of deposed priests at Qumran, Jim Davila compares the “fictional” experiences of the heroes in the ancient Jewish apocalypses to shamanistc techniques illustrated inthe later hick halot texts, concluding that the apocalypses represent magico-religious ritual traditions that ae, in some way, ancestral tothe hekhalot. To conclude this section ofthe book, Ratanan Boustan offers a paper that attempt to negotiate conflicting opinions about Rabbi Ishmacl as constructions of differing sociorcligious con texts that produced constituent components ofthe Hekhalot corpus. Part 3, "Cosmology? is composed of four important essays that describe vai lous aspects ofthe cosmology that undergrids the period-lterature. Christopher Morray-Jones contributes a chapter that systematically describes the celestial temple as the seven heavens as well asthe human body. He thus offers a new and provocative theory about the meaning ofthe phrase “descender to the char iot? Andrei Orlov explores the idea ofthe face of God, whether it can be seen by the devotee and what dangers are involved. Ron Aral focuses on the mer aabah visions in Revelation as innovative seinterpretations ofa “communal icon?” that invoke the passage of time, the movement ofthe four seasons, authenticating the revelations given to John as one who has seen the creator in his cosmic role as the “director of history” Finally, Kevin Sullivan pulls together a wide array of sources to address the thorny problem of sexuality and angels. He concludes that the overwhelming descriptions of angels as male in the period-literature helped to foster ascetic and encratic practices of some carly mystics who wished to gain access to God through imitation of the angels. In the fourth section of the volume, “Apocalypticism? Frances Flannery’ dailey offers a paper that reassesses scholarly approaches to “apocalypticismy” and “mysticism” by stressing the importance of dreams to the period-literature. She points to the provious lack of understanding among scholars that apocalyp. ticism is as much about mysticism as itis about eschatology. In the next essay, Kelley Coblentz Bauch studies the geography and eschatology of the Book of the Watchers, comparing the location of places associated with death and judgment with other Near Eastern cosmologies. She thinks thatthe journeys described in this book may be evidence for religious experience, although she finds nothing, bout transformative experiences. Inthe last paper ofthe section, Rebecca Lesses discusses the theological effort ofthe Jewish mystics to understand the destruc tion ofthe temple and the exile ofthe Jewish people and their prayer for an end to Jewish suffering through divine redemption Inthe final section of the book, “Practices? Celia Deutsch uses the Thera peutae asa case study for the exploration of the interaction between the studyxx PARADISE NOW of sacred texts and the use of rituals to evoke mystical experiences in a religious community. Andrea Licber examines the emergence of mcal rituals in Jewish and Christian communities as a way in which the structured boundaries between the divine and human worlds is collapsed. Charles Gieschen looks at baptism in Revelation asa foundational “priestly” preparation for early Christian mystical experience of God's presence, especially in the Eucharist. The book concludes with the essay by Daphna Arbel who compares traditions of divination in ancient Mesopotamia with similar traditions in the hekholot literature, suggesting that the old traditions were reconfigured in 3 Enoch to show that humans are able to access deeper and concealed dimensions of reality through inner revelation directly from God. It isa pioneering volume, the first ever to collect international voices that sre mapping this field of study: Unfortunately, it could not hol all ofthe papers delivered in this ten-year period. The range of papers given over this time was vast, and a large number of them were published independently in journals or ‘became the basis for monographs, many of which were reviewed in sessions by the group. For these previously published and/or reviewed works, consult the fol lowing bibliography. [have tried to be exhaustive but fear that | may have missed a piece or two (for which | apologize wholeheartedly). Arbel, Daphna. Beholders of Divine Secrets: Myth and Mysticim in the Hekha Jot and Merkavah Literature. New York: State University of New York Press, 2003. Buckley, Jorunn. The Mandacans: Ancient Text and Modern People. Oxford: Oxford University Pres, 2002, Bucur, Bogdan. “On Climbing the Cosmic Ladder: Clement of Alexandria Hier atchical Cosmology and ts Innovations” VC 60 (2006): 251-68. Boustan, Re'anan Abusch. From Martyr to Mystic: the Story of the Tem Martyr, Hekhalot Rabbati, and the Making of Merkavah Mysticism. Tbingen: Mahe Siebeck, 2005. Flannery-Dailey, Frances. Dreamer, Scribes and Priests: Jewish Dreams in the Hel lenistic and Roman Eras JS}Sup 90. Leiden: Beil, 204, Davila, James R. Descenders to the Chariot: The People boind the Hekitlot Liter ture. JS]Sup 70. Leiden: Brill, 2001. DeConick, April D. “The Great Mystery of Marriage: Sex and Conception in ‘Ancient Valentinian Traditions” VC57 (2003): 307-42. “The True Mysteries: Scramentalism in the Gospel of Philip” VC 55 (2001: 225-61. —. Recovering the Original Gospel of Thomas: A History of the Gospel and Its Growth. SNTSup 286, London: T&T Clark, 2005. Pages 109-32 in Voices of the Mystics: Eariy Christian Discourse in the Gos pels of John and Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature. JSNTSup 157. Shetfield: Shetfield Academic PressPREPACE xxi Draper, Jonathan, "Practicing the Presence of God in John: Ritual Use of Scrip ture and the Bias Theow in John 5:37” Pages 155-70 in Orality Literacy, and Colonialism in Antiquity. Ealted by |. A. Draper. SemeiaSt 47. Atlanta: Soc ty of Biblical Literature, 2008 ——. “What Dia Isaiah See? Angelic Theophany inthe Tomb in John 20:11-182 ‘Neot 36 (2002): 63-7 Elior, Rachel. The Three Temples: On the Emergence of Jewish Mysticism. Translated by David Louvish, Oxford Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2004, “You Have Chosen Enoch from among Human Beings: Enoch the Scribe ‘of Righteousness and the Scrolls Library of the Priests the Sons of Zadok” Pages 15-64 in Creation and Re-creation in Jewish Thought: Festschrift in Honor of Joseph Dan on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Edited by Rachel Elior and Peter Schafer. Tubingen: Mohe Siebeck, 2005. Fletcher-Louis, Crispin H.T. All the Glory of Adam: Liturgical Anthropology i the Dead Sea Scrolls STD) 42, Leiden: Brill, 2002. Golitzin, Alexander. “The Demons Suggest an lusion of Gods Glory in a Form: Controversy over the Divine Body and Vision of Glory” Studia Monastica 44 (2002): 13-43. ——. “Earthly Angels and Heavenly Men! The Ola Testament Pseudepigrapha, [iketas Stthatos, and the Tradition of Interiorized Apocalyptic’ in Eastern Christian Ascetical and Mystical Literature.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers 5 (2001): 125-53, Klawans, Jonathan. Review of Rachel Elor, The Three Temples: On the Emergence af lewish Mysticism. Associaton for Jewish Stes Review 29 (2008): 376-78. Lesses, Rebecca. Ritual Practices to Gain Power: Angels, Incantations, and Rev’ elation in Barly Jewish Mysticism. HTS 44, Harsisburg, Pa. Trinity Press International, 1998. Lieber, Andrea. "Angels That Kill Mediation and the Threat of Bodily Destruc: tion in the Hekholot Norratives” Studies in Spirituality 14 (2004): 17 “1 Seta Table before You: The Jewish Mystical Character of Aseneths Con. version Meal” SP 14 (2004): 63-7. “Voice and Vision: Song as a Vehicle for Ecstatic Experience in Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice” Pages 51-38 in Of Scribes and Sages: Early Jewish Iter pretation and Transmision of Scripture. Edited by Craig A. Evans. London: ‘TST Clark, 2004 Morray-Jones, Christopher R. A. A Transparent lilusion: The Dangerous Vision ‘of Water in Hekhalot Mysticism: A Source-Critcal and Tradition-Historical ‘nguiry:JS}Sup 59. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Orlow, Andrei. The Enoch-Metatron Tradition. TSA] 107. Tubingen: Mohr Si beck, 200 “The Face as the Heavenly Counterpart of the Visionary in the Slavonic Ladder of Jacob” Pages 59-76 in volume 2 of Of Scribes and Sages: Early