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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784200603321

Autore

Scott James

Titolo

On Earth as in Heaven : The Restoration of Sacred Time and Sacred Space in the Book of Jubilees / / James Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-85948-2

9786610859481

1-4294-2696-9

90-474-0511-0

1-4337-0453-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; ; 91

Disciplina

229/.911

Soggetti

Jewish calendar

Jewish chronology

Sacred space

Time - Religious aspects - Judaism

Palestine In Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Cultic Cycles in the Book of Jubilees; 2. The Chronological System of the Book of Jubilees; 3. The Land of Israel in the Book of Jubilees; Conclusion; Appendix: Major Events of World History Plotted Against the Cultic Cycles in the Book of Jubilees; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Literature; Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume deals with the chronological and spatial conceptions underlying the Book of Jubilees, a Jewish apocalyptic writing of the mid-second century BCE, and shows how in these respects Jubilees forms a bridge between the earlier Enochic tradition and the later Qumran sectarian writings. The book argues essentially that for Jubilees, the consummation of the ages will effect the restoration of sacred space and sacred time, so that all things correspond to God's original will for the creation on earth as in heaven. This book has important implications not only for the study of Jubilees itself and other Jewish writings of the Second Temple period, but also for research on



early Christian chiliasm.