The Heavenly Book Motif in Judeo-Christian Apocalypses 200 BCE-200 CE ( 1 )

Publication series :1

Author: Baynes   Leslie  

Publisher: Brill‎

Publication year: 2011

E-ISBN: 9789004210783

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004207264

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004207264

Subject: B920 宗教理论、宗教思想

Keyword: 宗教

Language: ENG

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The first full-length analysis of the heavenly book motif in English, this study highlights a vital element of early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature. Through multiple intertextual readings, it demonstrates that for the ancients heavenly writing had life or death consequences.

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