03120nam 2200565 a 450 991078966950332120230828233121.01-283-19217-997866131921720-567-03702-9(CKB)2670000000106753(EBL)742762(OCoLC)741691644(SSID)ssj0000524598(PQKBManifestationID)12205102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524598(PQKBWorkID)10486967(PQKB)11539201(MiAaPQ)EBC742762(EXLCZ)99267000000010675320070404d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOnly the third heaven?[electronic resource] 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 and heavenly ascent /Paula R. GooderLondon ;New York T & T Clarkc20061 online resource (281 p.)Library of New Testament studies ;313T & T Clark library of biblical studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-567-04244-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION; PART I: TEXTS OF HEAVENLY ASCENT; Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION: HEAVENLY ASCENT TEXTS; Chapter 3 JEWISH APOCALYPTIC TEXTS PRE-70 AD; Chapter 4 JEWISH APOCALYPTIC TEXTS POST-70 AD; Chapter 5 THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 6 POST-BIBLICAL EARLY CHRISTIAN APOCALYPSES; Chapter 7 THE NAG HAMMADI CODICES; Chapter 8 THE HEKHALOT LITERATURE; Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS TO PART ONE; PART II: 2 CORINTHIANS 12.1-10 AND HEAVENLY ASCENTChapter 10 2 CORINTHIANS 12.1-10 AS A HEAVENLY ASCENTChapter 11 2 CORINTHIANS 12.1-10 AS A FAILED ASCENT; Chapter 12 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Texts; Index of Modern AuthorsIn Chapter 1 Paula Gooder discusses the problems of interpreting this text and looks at the major debates of its past interpreters. The most popular modern approach is to compare it with other texts of ascent in the Judaeo-Christian tradition, yet even a brief examination of these texts indicate that differences are present. In the remainder of the book Gooder evaluates the extent and significance of these differences. Part One consists of a detailed consideration of a range of texts which superficially seem closest to 2 Corinthians 12. Chapter 2 presents a history of scholarship on heavenly aLibrary of New Testament studies ;313.T & T Clark library of biblical studies.Ascension of the soulHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Ascension of the soulHistory of doctrines227.306Gooder Paula1152559MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789669503321Only the third heaven3704323UNINA