Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses / / Martha Himmelfarb
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| Autore: |
Himmelfarb Martha <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses / / Martha Himmelfarb
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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