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OverviewThis book examines the collection of prayers known as the Qumran Hodayot (= Thanksgiving Hymns) in light of ancient visionary traditions, new developments in neuropsychology, and post-structuralist understandings of the embodied subject. 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. This study examines how references to the body and the strategic arousal of emotions could have functioned within a practice of performative reading to engender a religious experience of ascent. In so doing, this book offers new interdisciplinary insights into meditative ritual reading as a religious practice for transformation in antiquity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Angela Kim HarkinsPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Volume: 3 Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9783110610857ISBN 10: 311061085 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 11 June 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAngela Kim Harkins, Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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