Schafer won the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Mellon Foundation! In this first full-scale study of Jewish mysticism from Ezekiel to Merkavah (divine chariot) traditions in late antiquity, he interacts with the Hebrew Bible, 1 Enoch, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo, the Talmud, and later esoteric teachings. 416 pages, softcover. Princeton University.
