Ra'Anan Boustan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4571313 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ra'Anan Boustan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ra'Anan |
| FAMILY NAME | Boustan |
| SIGNATURE | BOUSTAN R A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
Jonah and the Three Fish in the Synagogue at Huqoq
Born 1971; 2004 PhD from Princeton University; 2004-06 Assistant Professor of Early Judaism at the University of Minnesota; 2006-10 Assistant Professor of Ancient and Jewish History at the University of California, Los Angeles; 2010-17 Associate Professor of Ancient and Jewish History at the University of California, Los Angeles; 2009-12 Director at the Center for the Study of Religion; since 2017 Research Scholar in the Program for Judaic Studie…
Above, Below, Before, and After
The research of Martha Himmelfarb has pushed scholars to re-examine what we thought we knew about the formative histories of Judaism and Christianity. In studies on such topics as apocalypses, pseudepigrapha, and messianism, Himmelfarb opened up new perspectives on Second Temple Judaism and its legacy within its late antique and medieval successor communities. Inspired by the sweeping breadth of her learning and scholarship, this volume explores …
Envisioning Judaism
This volume offers an extensive collection of cutting-edge articles in Jewish studies and related areas that celebrate Peter Schäfer and take their lead from his groundbreaking scholarship. Among the topics addressed are Jewish material culture in the Graeco-Roman world; the evolution of rabbinic literature and thought; the appropriate methods for producing editions of pre-modern texts; gender, embodiment, and the nature of the divine; Jewish rep…
Hekhalot Literature in Context
Over the past 30 years, scholars of early Jewish mysticism have, with increasing confidence, located the initial formation of Hekhalot literature in Byzantine Palestine and Sasanian or early Islamic Babylonia (ca. 500-900 C.E.), rather than at the time of the Mishnah, Tosefta, early Midrashim, or Palestinian Talmud (ca. 100-400 C.E.). This advance has primarily been achieved through major gains in our understanding of the dynamic and highly flexi…
Hekhalot Literature in Context
Hekhalot Literatur im Kontext. Zwischen Byzanz und Babylon
Rabbinization and the Making of Early Jewish Mysticism
Hekhalot literature testifies to the heterogeneous nature of Jewish religious practice and authority at and across the boundaries of rabbinic Judaism. Yet, Hekhalot and rabbinic literatures do not reflect clear-cut social, cultural, and institutional divisions within Jewish society, nor are they complementary facets of a single, coherent religious system. Both of these options oversimplify the complex relationship between these rapidly evolving s…
From Martyr to Mystic
Ra'anan S. Boustan traces the historical emergence of the specific form of 'mystical' discourse found in Heikhalot Rabbati . He argues that the creators of Heikhalot Rabbati sought to fashion a myth of origins for their distinctive brand of heavenly ascent practice by radically reworking the narrative framework of the widely disseminated post-talmudic martyrology The Story of the Ten Martyrs . Heikhalot Rabbati not only renders redundant the noti…
A Hebrew Hymn of Praise for a High-priestly Rabbinic Martyr
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A Hebrew Hymn of Praise for a High-priestly Rabbinic Martyr
From Martyr to Mystic
Ra'anan S. Boustan traces the historical emergence of the specific form of 'mystical' discourse found in Heikhalot Rabbati . He argues that the creators of Heikhalot Rabbati sought to fashion a myth of origins for their distinctive brand of heavenly ascent practice by radically reworking the narrative framework of the widely disseminated post-talmudic martyrology The Story of the Ten Martyrs . Heikhalot Rabbati not only renders redundant the noti…
Rabbinization and the Making of Early Jewish Mysticism
Hekhalot literature testifies to the heterogeneous nature of Jewish religious practice and authority at and across the boundaries of rabbinic Judaism. Yet, Hekhalot and rabbinic literatures do not reflect clear-cut social, cultural, and institutional divisions within Jewish society, nor are they complementary facets of a single, coherent religious system. Both of these options oversimplify the complex relationship between these rapidly evolving s…
Envisioning Judaism
This volume offers an extensive collection of cutting-edge articles in Jewish studies and related areas that celebrate Peter Schäfer and take their lead from his groundbreaking scholarship. Among the topics addressed are Jewish material culture in the Graeco-Roman world; the evolution of rabbinic literature and thought; the appropriate methods for producing editions of pre-modern texts; gender, embodiment, and the nature of the divine; Jewish rep…
Hekhalot Literature in Context
Over the past 30 years, scholars of early Jewish mysticism have, with increasing confidence, located the initial formation of Hekhalot literature in Byzantine Palestine and Sasanian or early Islamic Babylonia (ca. 500-900 C.E.), rather than at the time of the Mishnah, Tosefta, early Midrashim, or Palestinian Talmud (ca. 100-400 C.E.). This advance has primarily been achieved through major gains in our understanding of the dynamic and highly flexi…
Hekhalot Literature in Context
Hekhalot Literatur im Kontext. Zwischen Byzanz und Babylon
Above, Below, Before, and After
The research of Martha Himmelfarb has pushed scholars to re-examine what we thought we knew about the formative histories of Judaism and Christianity. In studies on such topics as apocalypses, pseudepigrapha, and messianism, Himmelfarb opened up new perspectives on Second Temple Judaism and its legacy within its late antique and medieval successor communities. Inspired by the sweeping breadth of her learning and scholarship, this volume explores …
Introduction
Jonah and the Three Fish in the Synagogue at Huqoq
Born 1971; 2004 PhD from Princeton University; 2004-06 Assistant Professor of Early Judaism at the University of Minnesota; 2006-10 Assistant Professor of Ancient and Jewish History at the University of California, Los Angeles; 2010-17 Associate Professor of Ancient and Jewish History at the University of California, Los Angeles; 2009-12 Director at the Center for the Study of Religion; since 2017 Research Scholar in the Program for Judaic Studie…
Antiquity (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works) · History and criticism (3 works) · History of Ancient Religions (3 works) · Jewish mysticism (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works)