Abstract
This article is dedicated to the reconstruction and analysis of the “Sar Torah [Prince of Torah] Prayer”, a textual unit within the Hekhalot and Merkabah literature, which has not survived in its original form. The study focuses on a parchment scroll from the Geonic period, preserved in the Cairo Genizah (T.-S. K 21.95.S), one of the earliest extant documents of the Hekhalot literature. Based on a new decipherment of the text and a comparative analysis with the medieval textual witnesses of Hekhalot Rabbati, as well asother later documents, the article systematically reveals the scroll’s original role and placement: a sequence of passages of praise and prayer that originally formed part of the Prince of Torah ceremony, alongside the reading, the incantations of angels, and other magical acts
| Translated title of the contribution | Sar Torah Prayer - From Magic and Liturgy to Visionary Literature: An Early Chapter in the Textual History of the Hekhalot Literature |
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| Original language | Hebrew |
| Pages (from-to) | 67-115 |
| Number of pages | 49 |
| Journal | מחשבת ישראל |
| Volume | 6 |
| State | Published - 2025 |
IHP publications
- IHP publications
- Angels
- Anthems
- Blessing and cursing
- Cairo Genizah
- Geonim -- History
- Heikhalot rabbati
- Hekhalot literature
- Jews -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
- Maaseh merkavah
- Manuscripts -- Editing
- Manuscripts, Hebrew
- Prayer
- Prayer -- Judaism
- Transmission of texts
- Witchcraft
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