Guide
Early Mystical and Theurgic Hymns
1st–13th Centuries
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By Carol Bakhos
Both the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic literature include prayers invoking the praise of God by angels or divine beings. Through these prayers, human worshipers associated themselves with the heavenly beings who ministered to God.
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