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Round Trips to Heaven : Otherworldly Travelers in Early judism and Christianity

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رقم التسجيلة 1796
نوع المادة book
ردمك 912202106X
رقم الطلب

BL540.C37

المؤلف Carlsson, Leif

العنوان Round Trips to Heaven : Otherworldly Travelers in Early judism and Christianity
بيانات النشر Lund: Department of History and Anthropology, Lund University, 2004.
الوصف المادي 398 p
بيان السلسلة Lund studies in history of religions
ملاحظات

Vol . 19

المحتويات / النص

1. Background and method 2. The Heavenly journeys 2.1. Enoch's heavenly journeys in the first book of enoch 2.2 Enoch's heavenly journey in the second book of enoch 2.3 Levi's Heavenly Journey is the Testament of Levi 2.4 Abraham's heavenly journey in the Apocalyoes of Abraham 2.5 Zephaniah's heavenly journey in the Apocalypse of of zephaniah 2.6 Paul's heavenly journey in second corithians 2.7 Isaiah'seavenly journey in the Martyrdom and ascension of isaiah 2.8 Adam's heavenly journey in the life of Adam and Eve 2.9 The Function of the heavenly journeys- a comparative compilation 3. Third Baruch - a journey into death's waiting room 3.1 Texts and versions 3.2 The content, background, and function of the text 3.3 Baruch's heavenly journey

المستخلص

"Round Trips to Heaven features several early Jewish and Christian heavenly journey texts. Most of them are included in the apocalyptic literature. During the earlier research, the heavenly journey motif was understood to be one of many elements in this literature. It was not until the latter part of the 20th century that the stories of the heavenly journeys were treated as a type of their own among these texts." "The approach of this study serves to illuminate the function of the texts and the circumstances and settings in which they were composed and later passed on, something which scholars have only recently begun to acknowledge. Of vital importance is the status of the heavenly travelers as well as their relationships with other members of the Tradition Group considered to have authored the texts. Two main types of heavenly journeys appear in the accounts. One type has the function of providing an identity for the heavenly traveler, and the other constitutes a paradigm for the events awaiting mankind after death." "The concluding section of the book is a relatively long exposition of 3 Baruch. This text, which in its entirety portrays a heavenly journey, informs the reader about death. In common, with a number of other heavenly journey texts, 3 Baruch has both Jewish and Christian elements. Moreover, it clearly reflects a universal perspective. A similar perspective is also found in several of the other heavenly journey narratives which provides a reasonable explanation for how they could be used in both Jewish and Christian contexts."--BOOK JACKET

المواضيع Heaven - Comparative studies
Heaven - Judaism - History of doctrines
Heaven - Christianity - History of doctrines
Heaven - Biblical teaching