TY - BOOK ID - 23601128 TI - Paradise in antiquity : Jewish and Christian views AU - Bockmuehl, Markus N. A. AU - Stroumsa, Guy G. PY - 2010 SN - 9780521117869 0521117860 9780511760648 9781107693128 9780511932359 0511932359 0511760647 1107693128 0511852193 1107203333 0511924631 1282918605 9786612918605 0511931018 0511927177 0511929676 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Paradise. KW - Future life. KW - Paradise KW - Future life KW - -Paradise KW - -Future life KW - -236.6 KW - 296*61 KW - 296*82 KW - Afterlife KW - Eternal life KW - Life, Future KW - Life after death KW - Eschatology KW - Eternity KW - Immortality KW - Near-death experiences KW - Hemel. Paradijs. Uitverkorenen. Triomferende Kerk KW - Joodse theologie en filosofie--in de oudheid KW - Dialoog joden - christenen KW - 296*82 Dialoog joden - christenen KW - 296*61 Joodse theologie en filosofie--in de oudheid KW - 236.6 Hemel. Paradijs. Uitverkorenen. Triomferende Kerk KW - #GGSB: Dogmatiek KW - #GGSB: Schepping KW - 236.6 KW - Christianity KW - Judaism KW - Religious aspects KW - Religious studies KW - Judaism. KW - Christianity. KW - Paradise (Judaism) KW - Dogmatiek KW - Schepping KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - Paradise - Judaism. KW - Paradise - Christianity. KW - Future life - Judaism. KW - Future life - Christianity. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23601128 AB - The social and intellectual vitality of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity was in large part a function of their ability to articulate a viably transcendent hope for the human condition. Narratives of Paradise - based on the concrete symbol of the Garden of Delights - came to play a central role for Jews, Christians, and eventually Muslims too. The essays in this volume highlight the multiple hermeneutical perspectives on biblical Paradise from Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins to the systematic expositions of Augustine and rabbinic literature. They show that while early Christian and Jewish sources draw on texts from the same Bible, their perceptions of Paradise often reflect the highly different structures of the two sister religions. Dealing with a wide variety of texts, these essays explore major themes such as the allegorical and literal interpretations of Paradise, the tension between heaven and earth, and Paradise's physical location in space and time. ER -