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 Other Worlds and Their Relation to This World: Early Jewish and Ancient Christian Traditions

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xii)   (688K)
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    • Contents
    • Introduction
  • Approaching Afterlife Imagery: A Contemporary Glance At Ancient Concepts Of Otherworldly Dimensions (1-16) by Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati   (4M)
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    • 1. Otherworldly Imagery As A Topos Within The European History Of Religion: A Few Hermeneutical Considerations
    • 2. Comparing The Incomparable?
    • 3. Concepts Of The Otherworld And Different Media Of Communication
  • The "God Of Heaven" In Persian And Hellenistic Times (17-36) by Stefan Beyerle   (667K)
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    • 1. A Place For God—Zion And Sinai As Topographical Codes
    • 2. The Concept Of The “God Of Heaven”
    • 3. The “God Of Heaven” In Enochic Apocalypticism
    • 4. Conclusions
  • The Heavenly Temple, The Prison In The Void And The Uninhabited Paradise: Otherworldly Sites In The Book Of The Watchers (37-54) by Kelley Coblentz Bautch   (658K)
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    • 1. The Heavenly Temple (1 En. 14:8–25)
    • 2. The Otherworldly Prison And The Seven Stars (1 En. 18:12–16 And 21:1–6)
    • 3. The Paradise Of Righteousness Or Truth (1 En. 32:3–6)
    • 4. Conclusions
  • Four Worlds That Are "Other" In The Enochic Book Of Parables (55-78) by George W.E. Nickelsburg   (506K)
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    • 1. The Problem With “This World”: The Kings And The Mighty Who Possess The Earth, The Demons That Lead Humanity Astray, And Wrongful Death
    • 2. The Place Of God, God’s Entourage, And The Righteous And Holy Dead
    • 3. The Place Of The Heavenly Bodies And The Meteorological Elements (41:3–8; 43–44; 59:1–5; 60:11–22)
    • 4. Earth’s Disk Beyond The Inhabited World, Where Judgment Is Prepared (52:1–56:4; 64:1–2; 65–68)
    • 5. The Transformed Earth, The Place Of Eschatological Blessing (45:4–6; 51:1–5; 58:1–6)
    • 6. Synthesis: Other Worlds Both Unlike And Like This World
    • 7. Summary And Some Further Considerations
  • The "Otherworld" And The Epistle Of Enoch (79-94) by Loren T. Stuckenbruck   (560K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Book Of Watchers Chapters 21–22: A Summary
    • 3. The Epistle: A Comparison Of 102:4–104:8 With The Book Of Watchers
    • 4. Conclusions
  • The Otherworld In The Dead Sea Scrolls (95-116) by John J. Collins   (594K)
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    • 1. The Beatific Afterlife In The Apocalypses
    • 2. The Fate Of The Wicked
    • 3. The Dead Sea Scrolls
    • 4. The Fate Of The Damned
    • 5. The Reward Of The Blessed
    • 6. The Everlasting Abode
    • 7. Epilogue
  • The Character Of The City And The Temple Of The Aramaic New Jerusalem (117-132) by Eibert Tigchelaar   (640K)
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    • 1. The Visionary Of The New Jerusalem
    • 2. On Order And Chronology
    • 3. The Nature Of The City
    • 4. Visual Blueprint, Heavenly Model, Otherworld And This World
    • 5. Conclusion
  • The Heavenly World And Its Relationship To This World According To Rabbinic Literature: Some Main Outlines (133-150) by Beate Ego   (500K)
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    • 1. Pre-Scientific Elements Of The Rabbinical Conception Of The World And Its Impact On Creation Theology
    • 2. The Temple-Cultic Dimension Of The World Conception And The Holiness Of Jerusalem
    • 3. The Liturgical Dimension Of The Concept Of The World And God’s Love For Israel
    • 4. Ethical Aspects Of The Rabbinical Conception Of The World
    • 5. Eschatological Aspects Of The Rabbinical Conception Of The World
  • Between Heaven And Earth: Liminal Visions In 4ezra (151-168) by Hindy Najman   (482K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Otherworld In 4ezra
    • 3. Attribution To Ezra
    • 4. Ezra’s Education
    • 5. The Liminal State And Space Of Revelation
    • 6. Ezra’s Transformation Into An Otherworldly Being In Paradise
    • 7. Conclusion
  • Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit? Virgil's Katabasis And The Ideas Of The Hereafter In Ovid's Metamorphoses (169-188) by Meinolf Vielberg   (524K)
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    • 1. The Rape Of Proserpine
    • 2. Orpheus In The Underworld
    • 3. The Speech Of Pythagoras
  • The Otherworld And The New Age In The Letters Of Paul (189-208) by Adela Yarbro Collins   (521K)
  • The Otherworld And This World In 2 Cor 12:1–10 In Light Of Early Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition (209-228) by Albert Hogeterp   (652K)
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    • 1. Paul’s Relation To The ‘Otherworld’
    • 2. The Immediate Context To The Visions And Revelations Of 2 Cor 12:1–10
    • 3. Visions And Revelations And Their Conceptualization
    • 4. The Third Person Singular Revelation
    • 5. Rapture
    • 6. Paul’s Rapture To The Third Heaven And Jewish Apocalyptic Visions Of Heavenly Ascent
    • 7. The Otherworld And The Thorn In The Flesh
  • The Rich, The Poor, And The Promise Of An Eschatological Reward In The Gospel Of Luke (229-246) by Outi Lehtipuu   (611K)
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    • 1. The Reversal Of Fates After Death: The Rich And The Poor In Other Ancient Texts
    • 2. The Rich, Repentance, And Salvation
    • 3. The Poor, The Otherworld, And The Messianic Banquet
    • 4. Participation In The Eschatological Community
    • 5. Who Are The Rich And The Poor In Luke’s Narrative?
  • Diesseits aus der Sicht des Jenseits: Die Sendschreiben der Offenbarung des Johannes (Offb 2–3) (247-280) by Tobias Nicklas   (606K)
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    • 1. Die Berührung von Diesseits und Jenseits in den Sendschreiben (Offb 2–3): Allgemeine Gedanken zur Kommunikationssituation6
    • 2. Konkretionen
    • 3. Fazit
  • Asceticism And Otherworlds In The Acts Of Paul And Thecla (281-304) by Korinna Zamfir   (580K)
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    • 1. Encratite Beatitudes As Precondition Of Heavenly Beatitude
    • 2. Eschatological Angelism And Glorification
    • 3. Paul As Jesus. Transfiguration And Glorification Of The Chaste
    • 4. The Chaste Thecla As Prototype Of The Disciple
    • 5. Eschatological Incorruptibility And Salvation Of The Pure From Judgement
    • 6. The Chaste As Intermediary Between This World And The Otherworld
    • 7. Conclusion
  • Orphic, Roman, Jewish And Christian Tours Of Hell: Observations On The Apocalypse Of Peter (305-322) by Jan N. Bremmer   (495K)
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    • 1. The Date And Place Of The Apocalypse Of Peter
    • 2. Crimes And Punishments
    • 3. The Nature And Chronology Of The Tours Of Hell
  • Hell In The Latin Vision Of Ezra (323-342) by Richard Bauckham   (502K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Tour Of Hell
    • 3. The Punishments
    • 4. The Ordeals
    • 5. Sins
    • 6. Mercy For The Damned
  • Himmlischer Aufstieg im Apokryphon des Jakobus (NHC I,2) (343-354) by Boudewijn Dehandschutter   (500K)
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    • 1. Einführendes zum Apokryphon des Jakobus
    • 2. Die Himmelfahrt im Apokryphon des Jakobus
    • 3. Zur Interpretation
    • 4. Fazit
  • Purgatory: Worldly Functions Of An Otherworldly Notion (355-368) by Andreas Merkt   (478K)
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    • 1. The Integrative Power Of Purgatory: Ecclesiological And Sociological Functions
    • 2. Notions Of God And View Of The World Implied In The Idea Of Purgatory—(Controversial) Theological Functions
    • 3. “Connective” Justice: A Cultural Function
  • "The Holy Contest": Competition For The Best Afterlife In The Apocalypse Of Paul And Late Antique Egypt (369-390) by Kirsti Barrett Copeland   (539K)
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    • 1. The Good, The Bad, And The Petty: Competition In The Apocalypse Of Paul
    • 2. Competition And Control: Theoretical Approaches
    • 3. The Lack Of Competition In Earlier Jewish And Christian Apocalyptic Literature
    • 4. Competition In The Monastery
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Index Of Texts (391-398)   (454K)
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    • Old Testament
    • New Testament
    • Texts From Qumran
    • Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha
    • Rabbinical Literature
    • Christian Apocrypha
  • Subject Index (399-402)   (206K)