Ascent to heaven in jewish and christian apocalypses
Auteur :
Himmelfarb, Martha
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195082036
Date de publication :
9 déc. 1993
Dimensions :
23,7 x 16,0 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
445 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.