01640nam a2200169Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002300077100002600100245010400126260005400230300003000284505094800314650007201262952011901334999001701453230916s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97815924401221592440126  aeng  aBS646 b.R883 2002  aRowland, Christopher  4aThe Open Heaven : bA Study of Apocalyptic in Judaism and Early Christianity /cChristopher Rowland  aEugene, Or. : bWipf and Stock Publishers, c2002  axiii, 562 p. b; c23 cm.  aWhat is apocalyptic?: Knowledge of the divine mysteries through revelation -- Apocalyptic and eschatology -- Apocalypse and apocalyptic -- The content of the heavenly mysteries: What is above: The mysteries of God, the angels, and astronomy -- What is below: Man and his world -- What had happened previously: The interest in past history in apocalyptic -- What is to come -- Towards an understanding of the origins of apocalyptic and the dates of the apocalypses: A survey of recent study on the origins of apocalyptic -- An attempt to elucidate the origins of apocalyptic visions -- Dating the apocalypses -- The esoteric tradition in early rabbinic Judaism: The meditation of Rabban Johanan Ben Zakkai and his circle on the chariot-chapter -- The problems posed by the esoteric tradition in the time of Rabbi Akiba -- Apocalyptic in early Christianity: Reports of visions in early Christian literature to AD 200 -- Revelation -- Conclusion.  aApocalyptic literature.Rabbinical literature History and criticism.  001038.114070aGETSbGETSc GENd2023-09-20l0oBS646 .R883 2002p00031149r2023-09-20 00:00:00w2023-09-20yBK  c47530d47530