The book examines Jewish Mysticism, especially the visions of Rabbi Akiva, Neḥunya ben ha-Ḳanah, and Ishmael through the filters of 3 Enoch, and other books in order to understand the chariot voyages and Hekhalot ascents. He explores Mysticism, its language, places explored, geography, and the God which Rabbis seek to exalt and explain. The boo repeats itself some, which is probably necessary to help take in the information and thought pattern.

الكتاب جميل عن أدب الهييخليوت والميركافا وبيقارنه بغيره من الديانات الشرقية القديمة وبيوضح خصائصه .. وبيحطه في سياق عام سواء من الكتابات اليهودية البي قبله سواء في الأنجيل العبري أو الكتابات الرؤياوية أو الشرقية زي الأشورية والبابلية والمصرية .. يعيبه أنه مكرر بس شوية

This is the author's doctoral dissertation in book form. It is a study of mythological motifs from the Ancient Near East in the Jewish mystical tradition in late antiquity and early medieval period. It is an interesting study from a comparative perspective, but does not draw any conclusion regarding the transmission of the ideas from Mesopotamia in 500BC and the Hekhalot and Merkavah literature of 200-800AD.