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Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses / / Martha Himmelfarb



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Autore: Himmelfarb Martha <1952-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses / / Martha Himmelfarb Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
Disciplina: 229/.913
Soggetto topico: Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism
Voyages to the otherworld in literature
Heaven
Angels in literature
Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1993.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-161) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-773825-7
1-280-52676-9
0-19-535965-8
1-4294-0120-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824292803321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.