Texts
Some of the Heichalot texts are:
- Hekhalot Zutartey ("The Lesser Palaces"), which details an ascent of Rabbi Akiva;
- Hekhalot Rabbati ("The Greater Palaces"), or Pirkei Hekhalot, which details an ascent of Rabbi Ishmael;
- Maaseh Merkabah ("Account of the Chariot"), a collection of hymns recited by the "descenders" and heard during their ascent;
- Merkhavah Rabbat ("The great Chariot"):
- Sepher Hekhalot ("Book of Palaces," also known as 3 Enoch)
Other similar texts are:
- Re'uyyot Yehezqel ("The Visions of Ezekiel")
- Masekhet Hekhalot ("The Tractate of the Palaces")
- Shi'ur Qomah ("Divine Dimensions")
- Sepher Ha-Razim ("Book of the Mysteries")
- Harba de Moshe ("The Sword of Moses")
- Alphabet of Akiba ben Joseph
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