The Resource Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses, Martha Himmelfarb
Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses, Martha Himmelfarb
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781429401203
- Label
- Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses
- Title
- Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses
- Statement of responsibility
- Martha Himmelfarb
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- COO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Himmelfarb, Martha
- Dewey number
- 229/.913
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BS1705
- LC item number
- .H56 1993eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Apocalyptic literature
- Voyages to the otherworld in literature
- Heaven
- Angels in literature
- RELIGION
- Angels in literature
- Apocalyptic literature
- Heaven
- Voyages to the otherworld in literature
- Apocalyptiek
- Hemelvaart
- Label
- Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses, Martha Himmelfarb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 191952811
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781429401203
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)191952811
- Label
- Ascent to heaven in Jewish and Christian apocalypses, Martha Himmelfarb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 191952811
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781429401203
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)191952811
Subject
- Angels in literature
- Apocalyptic literature
- Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism
- Apocalyptiek
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Heaven
- Angels in literature
- Hemelvaart
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies
- Voyages to the otherworld in literature
- Voyages to the otherworld in literature
- Heaven
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