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The social and intellectual vitality of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity was in large part a function of their ability to articulate a viably transcendent hope for the human condition. Narratives of Paradise - based on the concrete symbol of the Garden of Delights - came to play a central role for Jews, Christians, and eventually Muslims too. The essays in this volume highlight the multiple hermeneutical perspectives on biblical Paradise from Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins to the systematic expositions of Augustine and rabbinic literature. They show that while early Christian and Jewish sources draw on texts from the same Bible, their perceptions of Paradise often reflect the highly different structures of the two sister religions. Dealing with a wide variety of texts, these essays explore major themes such as the allegorical and literal interpretations of Paradise, the tension between heaven and earth, and Paradise's physical location in space and time.
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Introduction : the paradise chronotrope
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Part I. Paradises of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins. The messiah in the garden : John 19.38-41, (royal) gardens, and messianic concepts
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Philo's scholarly inquiries into the story of paradise
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Paradise in the Biblical antiquities of Pseudo-Philo
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Paradise, gardens, and the afterlife in the first century CE
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Paradise in the New Testament
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Quis et unde? : heavenly obstacles in Gos. Thom. 50 and related literature
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Part II. Contemporizing paradise in late antiquity. Tertullian's law of paradise (Adversus Judaeos 2) : reflections on a shared motif in Jewish and Christian literature
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The language of paradise : Hebrew or Syriac? : linguistic speculations and linguistic realities in late antiquity
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The tree of life and the turning sword : Jewish biblical interpretation, symbols, and theological patterns and their Christian counterparts
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Erotic Eden : a rabbinic nostalgia for paradise
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Paradise for pagans? : Augustine on Virgil, Cicero, and Plato
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Heaven as a political theme in Augustine's City of God
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Locating paradise
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Epilogue : a heaven on Earth
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107693128
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521117869
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521117869
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107693128
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Paradise in antiquity Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010 ISBN 0521117860
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521117869
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Paradies
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Spätantike
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Judentum
;
Paradies
;
Christentum
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Geschichte 70-500
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511760648
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Author information:
Sṭrumzah, Gedalyahu Gʹ. 1948-
Author information:
Bockmuehl, Markus N. A. 1961-