Ithaca College

Rebecca Lesses has recently presented a paper and published an article, each on an aspect of early Jewish mysticism.

"The Dangers of the Body in early Jewish Mysticism" was published in Religious Boundaries for Sex, Gender, and Corporeality, edited by A. Cuffel, A. Echevarria, and G. Halkias (Routledge Studies in Religion; London: Routledge, 2018), pp. 78-88.

“On Studying Jewish Women Mystics in Late Antiquity” was presented at the Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity section of the Society of Biblical Literature, at the Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 17-20, 2018.