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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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