The Poetics of Talmudic Esotericism: The Metaphoric Meaning and Composition of Moed Qatan and Hagigahстатья
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Аннотация:This paper analyzes the metaphoric systems of Hagigah and Moed Qatan. We suggest
that the notions of pleroma and kenosis, generally associated with Christian theology
or Gnosticism, are the leitmotiv of Hagigah. God loves the emptiness of Israel. On the
other hand, the emptiness prevents Israel from completing the eschatological pilgrimage.
This pilgrimage (the Way) is the topic of Moed Qatan as well. The meeting of God
and Israel (moed) is understood in two different ways. Either preparing the way for God
is most important, or preparing the way for Israel is. While the New Testament favors
the first understanding, the Talmud focuses on the second.