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almahu_9947414874002882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 335 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511497889 (ebook)
Content:
The idea of heaven held a special place in the late antique imagination, which was marked by a poignant sense of the relevance of otherworldly realities for earthly life. Such concerns can be found not only in Judaism and Christianity but also in the Greco-Roman religious, philosophical, scientific, and 'magical' traditions. Transcending social, regional and creedal boundaries, the preocupation with heaven in Late Antiquity serves as a focus for an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this formative era in Western culture and history. Drawing upon the expertise of scholars of Classics, Ancient History, Jewish Studies and Patristics, this volume explores the different functions of heavenly imagery in different texts and traditions in order to map the patterns of unity and diversity within the religious landscape of Late Antiquity.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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'In Heaven as it is on Earth' /
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The bridge and the ladder: narrow passages in late antique visions /
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'Heavenly Steps': Manilius 4.119-121 and its background /
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Heavenly ascent, angelic descent, and the transmission of knowledge in 1 Enoch 6-16 /
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'Connecting Heaven and Earth': the function of the hymns in Revelation 4-5 /
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Working overtime in afterlife, or, no rest for the virtuous /
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Earthly sacrifice and heavenly incense: the law of the priesthood in Aramaic Levi and Jubilees /
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Who's on the throne? Revelation in the long year /
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The earthly monastery and the transformation of the heavenly city in late antique Egypt /
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Contextualizing heaven in third-century North Africa /
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Bringing the heavenly academy down to earth: approaches to the imagery of divine pedagogy in the East-Syrian tradition /
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Angels in the architecture: temple art and the poetics of praise in the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice /
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The collapse of celestial and chthonic realms in a late antique 'Appollonian Invocation' (PGM I 262-347) /
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In heaven as it is in hell: the cosmology of Seder Rabbah di-Bereshit /
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The faces of the moon: cosmology, genesis and the Mithras Liturgy /
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'O Paradoxical Fusion!': Gregory of Nazianzus on baptism and cosmology (Orations 38-40) /
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Print version: ISBN 9780521831024
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511497889
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