Format:
1 online resource (391 pages)
ISBN:
9783110247855
Series Statement:
Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für Die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft Ser v.179
Content:
The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) is one of the oldest and most highly regarded international scholarly book series in the field of New Testament studies. Since 1923 it has been a forum for seminal works focusing on Early Christianity and related fields. The series is grounded in a historical-critical approach and also explores new methodological approaches that advance our understanding of the New Testament and its world.
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Initial Analysis of 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 -- 1.2. History of Interpretation -- 1.2.1 Interpretation before 1942 -- 1.2.2. The Post-1942 Consensus -- 1.2.3. New History of Religion Approaches -- 1.2.4. Rhetorical Approaches -- 1.3. Why this Project? -- 1.3.1 The Difficulties of Betz's Proposal -- 1.3.2. Käsemann's Proposal and its Implications -- 1.3.3. Moving Beyond Tabor's Thesis -- 1.4. The Problems of "Religious Experience" -- 1.5. Methodology -- 2. Ascent to Heaven in the Greco-Roman World -- 2.1. Greek Iatromentes -- 2.2. Ascent as Metaphor for Philosophical Enlightenment -- 2.2.1. Parmenides' Proem -- 2.2.2. Plato's Phaedrus -- 2.2.3. Conclusions -- 2.3. Heavenly Ascent as Philosophical Myth -- 2.3.1. Plato's Myth of Er -- 2.3.2. Cicero's Dream of Scipio -- 2.3.3. Plutarch's Philosophical Myths -- 2.3.3.1. The Face on the Moon -- 2.3.3.2. On the Delays of the Divine Vengeance -- 2.3.3.3. On the Sign of Socrates -- 2.3.4. Corpus Hermeticum: Poimandres -- 2.3.5. Lucian's Icaromenippus -- 2.3.6. Conclusions -- 2.4. Heavenly Ascent as Religious Practice -- 2.4.1. Early Rituals of Descent -- 2.4.2. Apuleius and the Mysteries of Isis -- 2.4.3. The Mysteries of Mithras -- 2.4.4. The Mithras Liturgy -- 2.4.5. Nag Hammadi 6.6: Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth -- 2.4.6. Conclusions -- 2.5. Ascent as Political Propaganda: Roman Apotheosis Traditions -- 2.6. Conclusions -- 3. Ascent to Heaven in Ancient Judaism and Christianity -- 3.1. Old Testament Theophanies -- 3.1.1. Moses -- 3.1.2. First Kings 22:19-22 -- 3.1.3. Isaiah 6:1-13 -- 3.1.4. Ezekiel 1:1-3:15 -- 3.1.5. Daniel 7-12 -- 3.1.6. Summary -- 3.2. Moses Traditions -- 3.2.1. The Exagoge of Ezekiel the Tragedian -- 3.2.2. Philo's Moses -- 3.3. Ascents of Other Old Testament Figures.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110247848
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783110247848
Language:
English
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