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Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses
Language: en
Pages: 184
Authors: Martha Himmelfarb
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-08-19 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This is a study of the ancient Jewish and Christian apocalypses involving ascent into heaven, which have received little scholarly attention in comparison to ap
Tours of Hell
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Martha Himmelfarb
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-11 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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From the ancient Book of the Dead to Dante's Divine Comedy, the living have attempted to describe the world of the dead. Tours of Hell focuses on one form of th
The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought
Language: en
Pages: 393
Authors: Benjamin E. Reynolds
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-01 - Publisher: Fortress Press

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The contemporary study of Jewish apocalypticism today recognizes the wealth and diversity of ancient traditions concerned with the “unveiling” of heavenly m
The Apocalypse of Abraham
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: George Herbert Box
Categories: Apocalypse of Abraham
Type: BOOK - Published: 1918 - Publisher:

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The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature
Language: en
Pages: 565
Authors: John Joseph Collins
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Oxford Handbooks

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Apocalypticism arose in ancient Judaism in the last centuries BCE and played a crucial role in the rise of Christianity. It is not only of historical interest: