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The Early History of Heaven - Wright, J. Edward (Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism

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The Early History of Heaven

by J. Edward (Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism Wright

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When we think of "heaven," we generally conjure up positive, blissful images. Heaven is, after all, where God is and where good people go after death to receive their reward. But how and why did Western cultures come to imagine the heavenly realm in such terms? Why is heaven usually thought to be "up there," far beyond the visible sky? And what is the source of the idea that the post mortem abode of the righteous is in this heavenly realm with God?;Seeking to discover the roots of these familiar notions, this volume traces the backgrounds, origin, and development of early Jewish and Christian speculation about the heavenly realm - where it is, what it looks like, and who its inhabitants are. The author begins his study with an examination of the beliefs of ancient Israel's neighbours Egypt and Mesopotamia, reconstructing the intellectual context in which the earliest biblical images of heaven arose. A detailed analysis of the Hebrew biblical texts themselves then reveals that the Israelites were deeply influenced by images drawn from the surrounding cultures. Wright goes on to examine Persian and Graeco-Roman beliefs, thus setting the stage for his consideration of early Jewish and Christian images, which he shows to have been formed in the struggle to integrate traditional biblical imagery with the newer Hellenistic ideas about the cosmos. In a final chapter Wright offers a brief survey of how later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions envisioned the heavenly realms.
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Author / ArtistJ. Edward (Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism Wright
Book Formatpaperback
PublisherOxford University Press
Date Published2002-02-01
Weight479g
Number of Pages336
Thickness25 mm
Height234 mm
Width155 mm
ISBN9780195152302
ISBN-100195152301
Product ID18495
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Christian Books > Christian Life Issues > Holiness and the Deeper Life

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