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Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses
Inbunden, 1993
2948 kr
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This book is a study of the ancient Jewish and Christian apocalypses involving ascent into heaven, which have received little scholarly attention relative to apocalypses concerned primarily with the end of the world. Recent developments like the publication of the Aramaic Enoch fragments from …
Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses
E-bok, 1993
1888 kr
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This is a study of the ancient Jewish and Christian apocalypses involving ascent into heaven, which have received little scholarly attention in comparison to apocalypses concerned primarily with the end of the world. Recent developments like the publication of the Aramaic Enoch fragments from …
Jewish Messiahs in a Christian Empire
A History of the Book of Zerubbabel
Inbunden, 2017
430 kr
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The seventh-century CE Hebrew work Sefer Zerubbabel (Book of Zerubbabel), composed during the period of conflict between Persia and the Byzantine Empire for control over Palestine, is the first full-fledged messianic narrative in Jewish literature. Martha Himmelfarb offers a comprehensive analysis …
Kingdom of Priests
Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism
E-bok, 2013
1027 kr
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According to the account in the Book of Exodus, God addresses the children of Israel as they stand before Mt. Sinai with the words, "You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (19:6). The sentence, Martha Himmelfarb observes, is paradoxical, for priests are by definition a minority, …
Kingdom of Priests
Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism
Inbunden, 2006
859 kr
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According to the account in the Book of Exodus, God addresses the children of Israel as they stand before Mt. Sinai with the words, "You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (19:6). The sentence, Martha Himmelfarb observes, is paradoxical, for priests are by definition a minority, …
Tours of Hell
An Apocalyptic Form in Jewish and Christian Literature
Inbunden, 1983
1249 kr
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From the ancient Book of the Dead to Dante's Divine Comedy, the living have attempted to describe the world of the dead. Tours of Hell focuses on one form of that attempt: the tours of hell found in Jewish and Christian apocalypses of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.Himmelfarb examines …
Apocalypse
A Brief History
Inbunden, 2010
1161 kr
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This accessible and enlightening history provides insights into the fascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how the apocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world might suggest. An accessible and enlightening history of the …
Apocalypse
A Brief History
Häftad, 2010
400 kr
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This accessible and enlightening history provides insights into the fascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how the apocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world might suggest. An accessible and enlightening history of the …
Apocalypse
A Brief History
E-bok, 2010
1355 kr
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This accessible and enlightening history provides insights into the fascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how the apocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world might suggest. An accessible and enlightening history of the …
Tours of Hell
An Apocalyptic Form in Jewish and Christian Literature
E-bok, 2016
1537 kr
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From the ancient Book of the Dead to Dante''s Divine Comedy , the living have attempted to describe the world of the dead. Tours of Hell focuses on one form of that attempt: the tours of hell found in Jewish and Christian apocalypses of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Himmelfarb examines …
Between Temple and Torah
Essays on Priests, Scribes, and Visionaries in the Second Temple Period and Beyond
Inbunden, 2013
3009 kr
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Martha Himmelfarb befasst sich in ihren Aufsätzen mit dem Judentum zur Zeit des zweiten Tempels und der Entwicklung und Rezeption der Bräuche in der Spätantike und dem Mittelalter. Im Abschnitt über "Priester, Tempel und die Tora" behandelt sie dessen Titelthemen in den Texten der Bibel bis hin zu …
Hekhalot Literature in Context
Between Byzantium and Babylonia
Av Peter Schäfer, Ra'anan Boustan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
3207 kr
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Die Erforschung der frühen jüdischen Mystik (Merkavah-Mystik) hat in den letzten 30 Jahren gewaltige Fortschritte gemacht. Das alte Modell einer linearen Entwicklung, ausgehend von einem einmaligen und möglichst frühen Ursprung, wird zunehmend durch neue Einsichten in die spezifischen - und sich …
Genesis Rabbah in Text and Context
Av Peter Schäfer, Martha Himmelfarb m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
3514 kr
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Genesis Rabbah, der früheste rabbinische Genesiskommentar, wurde im römischen Palästina um das 5. Jahrhundert n. Chr. verfasst. In diesem Sammelband untersucht ein internationales Team von Wissenschaftlern die literarische Entstehung und textliche Überlieferung des Werks in der Spätantike sowie den …
