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020			_a97815924401221592440126
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050			_aBS646 _b.R883 2002
100			_aRowland, Christopher
245		4	_aThe Open Heaven : _bA Study of Apocalyptic in Judaism and Early Christianity / _cChristopher Rowland
260			_aEugene, Or. : _bWipf and Stock Publishers, _c2002
300			_axiii, 562 p. _b; _c23 cm.
505			_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.
650			_aApocalyptic literature.Rabbinical literature History and criticism.
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