TY - BOOK ID - 3532414 TI - The Ascension of Isaiah : conference, Germany, Regensburg, University of Regensburg, March 2013 AU - Bremmer, Jan Nicolaas AU - Karmann, Thomas R. AU - Nicklas, Tobias AU - Peeters PY - 2016 VL - 11 SN - 9789042931992 904293199X PB - Leuven Peeters DB - UniCat KW - 229*203 KW - Martyrium et Ascensio Isaiae KW - 229*203 Martyrium et Ascensio Isaiae KW - Ascension of Isaiah KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Congresses KW - Isaiah, KW - Ascension of Isaiah. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Exegese Oude Testament KW - Jesaja KW - Apocriefen KW - Algemeen KW - Isaias propheta KW - Ascensio UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3532414 AB - This book is one of the first modern collections of studies on important aspects of the 'Ascension of Isaiah', which occupies a special place among the early Christian writings, due to its complicated origin and its relevance in regards of the early Christian self-understanding in respect of the Jews. The volume starts with an analysis of the place of the Ascension in the development of early Christian prophecy and continues with several chapters that discuss the problems of the date, provenance, genre and interpretation of the Ascension as well as its potential relationship to Marcion. The following chapters focus on various aspects of the Ascension, such as its mystical character, oracular nature, self-designation, Johannist constellation, religious experience, cosmology, the descent of Christ, eschatology and the Virgin birth. A final chapter looks at P. Amh. I 1, the Greek witness to the Ascension of Isaiah. The volume concludes, as has become customary, with a bibliography and index. ER -