Naked Bible 112: Ezekiel 1
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The Problem With Merkova Mysticism
Dan Bloch writes that verse 12 is particularly confusing as images of wheels seem to merge with the images of the cherubim. He asks: Are the wheels transformed into a special class of angels, which is a motif that becomes important in later Jewish mysticism? What's known? We're now talking, this is known as Merkova mysticism. There was a whole school of Jewish thought and writing,. mystical Judaism that wrote about this vision and an assigned mystical meaning to it - like Kabbalah.
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