Category Archives: Dissertation Research

Priests and Israel as Superhuman

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Daniel R. Streett

In my research on the reception of the Jewish festivals, I focus on the idea that the festivals are moments when humans can participate in the divine or heavenly life/world. A well-known example: Philo depicts the High Priest on Yom Kippur … Continue reading →

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The Festivals as Participation in Divine Life

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Daniel R. Streett

I am currently on a year-long sabbatical from teaching. Besides several articles, my major research project is my doctoral thesis for Durham University. I am writing on the way that apocalyptic and mystical groups in early Judaism interpreted the Jewish … Continue reading →

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