Other Worlds and Their Relation to This World: Early Jewish and Ancient Christian Traditions
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Preliminary Material
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- Introduction
- Approaching Afterlife Imagery: A Contemporary Glance At Ancient Concepts Of Otherworldly Dimensions (1-16) by Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati (4M)
- The "God Of Heaven" In Persian And Hellenistic Times (17-36) by Stefan Beyerle (667K)
- 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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Four Worlds That Are "Other" In The Enochic Book Of Parables
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George W.E. Nickelsburg
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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)
- The Otherworld In The Dead Sea Scrolls (95-116) by John J. Collins (594K)
- The Character Of The City And The Temple Of The Aramaic New Jerusalem (117-132) by Eibert Tigchelaar (640K)
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The Heavenly World And Its Relationship To This World According To Rabbinic Literature: Some Main Outlines
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Beate Ego
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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)
- Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit? Virgil's Katabasis And The Ideas Of The Hereafter In Ovid's Metamorphoses (169-188) by Meinolf Vielberg (524K)
- The Otherworld And The New Age In The Letters Of Paul (189-208) by Adela Yarbro Collins (521K)
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The Otherworld And This World In 2 Cor 12:1–10 In Light Of Early Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition
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Albert Hogeterp
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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)
- 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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Asceticism And Otherworlds In The Acts Of Paul And Thecla
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Korinna Zamfir
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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)
- Hell In The Latin Vision Of Ezra (323-342) by Richard Bauckham (502K)
- Himmlischer Aufstieg im Apokryphon des Jakobus (NHC I,2) (343-354) by Boudewijn Dehandschutter (500K)
- Purgatory: Worldly Functions Of An Otherworldly Notion (355-368) by Andreas Merkt (478K)
- "The Holy Contest": Competition For The Best Afterlife In The Apocalypse Of Paul And Late Antique Egypt (369-390) by Kirsti Barrett Copeland (539K)
- Index Of Texts (391-398) (454K)
- Subject Index (399-402) (206K)
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Preliminary Material
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