Paradise Interpreted: Representations of Biblical Paradise in Judaism and ChristianityThis study on the representations of Paradise in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 2-3 and Ezekiel 28) also deals with the reception of the biblical accounts in early Jewish writings (Enochic texts, the Book of Jubilees, Qumran texts) in Rabbinics and Kabbalah, early mainstream Christianity and in early Christian apocryphal and Gnostic literature. Two further chapters are devoted to views of Paradise in the Christian Middle Ages. The volume concludes with the interpretation of Paradise in John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost," |
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Contents
GanEden in the Context of the Mythology of the Hebrew | 21 |
The Garden Motif in Some Early Jewish | 37 |
The Rewriting of Genesis 24324 | 63 |
Halakhah Based upon Eden in the Dead | 95 |
Good and Evil in Rabbinica | 116 |
A Resistant Interpretation of the Paradise Story in the Gnostic | 140 |
The Story of Paradise in the Early Church | 153 |
Some Remarks | 168 |
Russian Medieval Concepts of Paradise | 180 |
Interpretation as Persuasion | 197 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Le paradis interdit au Moyen Age: la quête manquée de l'Eden oriental, Volume 1 Corin Braga No preview available - 2004 |
The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology Andrew Hass,David Jasper,Elisabeth Jay No preview available - 2007 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Paradise Interpreted: Representations of Biblical Paradise in Judaism and Christianity Volume 2 of Themes in Biblical Narrative Volume 3 of Themes in biblical narrative, Jewish and Christian traditions |
| Editor | Gerard P. Luttikhuizen |
| Publisher | BRILL, 1999 |
| ISBN | 9004113312, 9789004113312 |
| Length | 218 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Interior Design / General Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics Religion / Biblical Studies / General Religion / Christian Theology / Eschatology |
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