The early history of heaven

Description

1. Ancient Egyptian Traditions2. Ancient Mesopotamian Traditions3. Israelite Traditions4. Persian, Greek, and Roman Traditions5. Early Jewish and Christian Traditions I: The Persistence of Biblical or Ancient Near Eastern Models6. 7. Early Jewish and Christian Traditions III: Common Themes & Motifs8. Later Developments in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Images

Description

"Edward Wright traces the origins and development of images of the heavenly realm in the ancient Near East, early Judaism, and Christianity. He begins by examining the beliefs of ancient Israel's neighbors in Egypt and Mesopotamia, reconstructing the intellectual context in which the earliest biblical images of heaven arose. He shows how the biblical authors and editors transformed common Near Eastern images of heaven to conform to their own strictly monotheistic beliefs and their refusal to allow any physical images of God."--BOOK JACKET. "Wright reads between the lines of the Bible, examines several unusual archaeological artifacts, and explores a host of non-traditional Jewish and Christian materials to reconstruct the rich variety of early images of the heavenly realm."--BOOK JACKET.

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Genres

• Comparative studies.

Other Editions

• The early history of heavenOxford University Press2000-01-01
• The early history of heavenElectronic resourceOxford University Press2000-01-01
• Early History of HeavenOxford University Press, Incorporated2002-01-01
• Early History of HeavenOxford University Press2002-01-01
• The Early History of HeaveneBookOxford University Press2007-01-01