Paradise in antiquity: Jewish and Christian views
Edited by Markus Bockmuehl and Guy G. Stroumsa
Paradise in antiquity: Jewish and Christian views
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Edited by Markus Bockmuehl and Guy G. StroumsaPublisher
Cambridge University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Paradise in antiquity: Jewish and Christian views / Edited by Markus Bockmuehl and Guy G. StroumsaPublication Details
کمبریج : Cambridge University Press، 2010مPhysical Description
xi, 260 p.; 24 cm.Subject
ParadiseFuture life
Paradise Judaism
Paradise Christianity
Future life Judaism
Future life Christianity
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انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references )p. 122-742( and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction Guy G. Stroumsa; Part I. Paradises of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins: 2. The Messiah in the Garden Joachim Schaper; 3. Philo's scholarly inquiries into the story of Paradise Maren R. Niehoff; 4. Paradise in the Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo Richard Bauckham; 5. Paradise, gardens and the afterlife in the first century CE Martin Goodman; 6. Paradise in the New Testament Grant Macaskill; 7. Quis et Unde? Heavenly obstacles in Gos. Thom. 50 and related literature Simon Gathercole; Part II. Contemporizing Paradise in Late Antiquity: 8. Tertullian and the law of Paradise Sabrina Inowlocki; 9. The language of Paradise: Hebrew or Syriac? Linguistic speculations and linguistic realities in late antiquity Yonatan Moss; 10. The Tree of Life and the turning sword: Jewish biblical interpretation, symbols and theological patterns and their Christian counterparts Menahem Kister; 11. Erotic Eden: a rabbinic nostalgia for Paradise Galit Hasan-Rokem; 12. Augustine on Virgil and Scripture Gillian Clark; 13. Paradise as political theme in Augustine's City of God Emile Perreau-Saussine; 14. Locating Paradise Markus Bockmuehl; Epilogue: a heaven on earth Alessandro Scafi; Bibliography; Index