RT Article
T1 The unknown mystical history of the festival of Shavu'ot
JF Studies in spirituality
VO 26
SP 157
OP 196
A1 Eliʾor, Raḥel 1949-
LA English
PB Peeters
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/163821512X
AB The extra-ordinary mystical history of the festival of Shavu’ot or Shevu’ot – the fourth of the seven ‘appointed times of the Lord’ detailed in the Pentateuch, associated with the Sinai Revelation (Ex 19-20), or Sinai covenant, and one of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals, is the subject of this article. The disparity between its centrality in the Bible and the fact that the holiday is not mentioned by any of its biblical names in the early rabbinic tradition recorded in the Mishnah, is discussed in light of the central place of this festival in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in the Book of Jubilees. The present article aims to decipher the reasons for this historical development, in the context of the dispute between priestly circles (Zadokites = Sadducees) and early rabbinic circles (Pharisees) and traces the unknown mystical history of the forgotten holiday in the later Jewish mystical tradition known as Kabbalah.
K1 Bible. Jubilees
K1 Dead Sea scrolls. Festival prayers
K1 Fasts and feasts : Judaism
K1 Jews : Antiquities
K1 Mysticism : Judaism
K1 Pharisees
K1 Rabbinic Literature
K1 Revelation on Sinai
K1 Sadducees
K1 Shavu'oth (Feast of Weeks)
K1 Zadokite documents
K1 Peer reviewed
DO 10.2143/SIS.26.0.3180807