Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses /

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This is a comparative study of the ancient Jewish and Christian views of the ascent into heaven. It places the ascent narratives in their cultural and historical context, and explores their relationship to the canonical apocalypses and to other Graeco-Roman literature of ascent and divinization.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : 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.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies.
Angels in literature
Apocalyptic literature
Heaven
Voyages to the otherworld in literature
Apocalyptiek.
Hemelvaart.
Judaism > Scriptures
Christianity > Scriptures
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This is a comparative study of the ancient Jewish and Christian views of the ascent into heaven. It places the ascent narratives in their cultural and historical context, and explores their relationship to the canonical apocalypses and to other Graeco-Roman literature of ascent and divinization.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index.
ISBN:1429401206
9781429401203
0195359658
9780195359657
9780195082036
0195082036
1280526769
9781280526763

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