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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From Ezekiel to the Book of the Watchers; 2. Heavenly Ascent and Priestly Investiture; 3. Transformation and the Righteous Dead; 4. The Secrets of Nature, Primeval History, and the Order of the Cosmos; 5. The Apocalypses as Writing; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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