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Author Wright, J. Edward.

Title The early history of heaven / J. Edward Wright.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2000]
©2000
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  202.3 W951E    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and indexes.
Contents Ancient Egyptian traditions -- Ancient Mesopotamian traditions -- Israelite traditions -- Persian, Greek and Roman traditions -- Early Jewish and Christian traditions I: the persistence of biblical and ancient near eastern models -- Early Jewish and Christian traditions II: the adoption of Hellenistic models -- Early Jewish and Christian traditions III: common themes and motifs -- Later developments in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic images.
Summary "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, reconstructuring the intellectual context in which the earliest biblical images of heaven arose." -- Jacket.
Subject Heaven -- Judaism -- History of doctrines.
Heaven -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
Heaven -- Comparative studies.
Literature, Ancient -- History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism.
ISBN 019513009X
9780195130096
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