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The Open Heaven

A Study of Apocalyptic in Judaism and Early Christianity

by Christopher Rowland

  • Paperback
  • 576 pages
  • Publisher: Wipf& Stock Publishers
  • 16.1 x 23 x 3.1 cm

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The Open Heaven offers a comprehensive discussion of Jewish apocalyptic literature and themes in the Second Temple period and in early Christianity. In it there is a sustained challenge to the widespread view that apocalypticism is a form of eschatology, and, it has been widely recognised as a significant contribution to the discussion of apcocalypticism in religion since it was first published twenty years ago. By concentrating on the revelatory character of apocalyptic texts rather than their diverse contents the author suggests that it is this aspect of the literature which best enables us to understand their distinctive religion. The book offers a sustained argument for the iew that apocalyptic literature is primarily about the disclosure of heavenly wisdom which offers recipients an understanding of life in the present. He also suggests that there ma be some evidence to support the view that apocalypses include reports of visionary experience. The approach to apocalypticism in early Christianity stresses the importance of the visionary element as a decisive element in the history of Christa origins.
The Open Heaven and Theological Reflection for Human Flourishing
Theological Reflection for Human FlourishingThe Open Heaven

  • Author

    Christopher Rowland

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Wipf& Stock Publishers

  • Published

    January 2002

  • Weight

    800g

  • Page Count

    576

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781592440122

  • ISBN-10

    1592440126

  • Eden Code

    3192629

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