Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses.

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This is a study of the ancient Jewish and Christian apocalypses involving ascent into heaven, which have received little scholarly attention in comparison to apocalypses concerned primarily with the end of the world. Recent developments like the publication of the Aramaic Enoch fragments fromQumran...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Himmelfarb, Martha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Temas:
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Voyages to the otherworld in literature.
Heaven.
Angels in literature.
Littérature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Voyages dans d'autres mondes dans la littérature.
Ciel > Aspect religieux.
Anges dans la littérature.
heaven.
Angels in literature
Apocalyptic literature
Heaven
Voyages to the otherworld in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is a study of the ancient Jewish and Christian apocalypses involving ascent into heaven, which have received little scholarly attention in comparison to apocalypses concerned primarily with the end of the world. Recent developments like the publication of the Aramaic Enoch fragments fromQumran and interest in questions of genre in the study of the apocalypses make this a particularly appropriate time to undertake this study. Martha Himmelfarb places the apocalypses in relation to both their biblical antecedents and their context in the Greco-Roman world. Her analysis emphasizes theemergen.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (184 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-161) and index.
ISBN:9780195359657
0195359658
1280526769
9781280526763
1429401206
9781429401203

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