Dreams, visions, imaginations : Jewish, Christian and Gnostic views of the world to come / edited by Jens Schröter, Tobias Nicklas, Armand Puig i Tàrrech.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schröter, Jens, editor.

Nicklas, Tobias, 1967- editor.

Puig i Tàrrech, Armand, 1953- editor.

Series:

Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Für Die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 247

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apocalyptic literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 550 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The contributions in this volume are focused on the historical origins, religious provenance, and social function of ancient Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature, including so-called 'Gnostic' writings. Although it is disputed whether there was a genre of 'apocalyptic literature,' it is obvious that numerous texts from ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and other religious milieus share a specific view of history and the world to come. Many of these writings are presented in form of a heavenly (divine) revelation, mediated through an otherworldly figure (like an angel) to an elected human being who discloses this revelation to his recipients in written form. In different strands of early Judaism, ancient Christianity as well as in Gnosticism, Manichaeism, and Islam, apocalyptic writings played an important role from early on and were produced also in later centuries. One of the most characteristic features of these texts is their specific interpretation of history, based on the knowledge about the upper, divine realm and the world to come. Against this background the volume deals with a wide range of apocalyptic texts from different periods and various religious backgrounds.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Where Should We Look for the Roots of Jewish Apocalypticism?

Apocalyptic Literature and Experiences of Contact with the Other-World in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity

Time and History in Ancient Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Writings

Apocalyptic Writings in Qumran and the Community's Idea of History

This Age and the Age to Come in 2 Baruch

Jesus and Jewish Apocalyptic

Time and History: The Use of the Past and the Present in the Book of Revelation

Dreams, Visions and the World-to-Come according to the Shepherd of Hermas

Ezra and his Visions: From Jewish Apocalypse to Medieval Tour of Hell

Views of the World to Come in the Jewish-Christian Sibylline Oracles

Defying the Divine: Jannes and Jambres in Apocalyptic Perspective¹

Between Jewish and Egyptian Thinking: The Apocalypse of Sophonias as a Bridge between Two Worlds?

From the 'Gnostic Dialogues' to the 'Apostolic Memoirs': Literary and Historical Settings of the Nag Hammadi Apocalypses

What is 'Gnostic' within Gnostic Apocalypses?

Being in corpore/carne and extra corpus: some interrelations within the Apocalypsis Pauli/Visio Pauli

From Historical Apocalypses to Apocalyptic History: Late Antique Historians and Apocalyptic Writings

Qur'anic Eschatology in its Biblical and Late Ancient Matrix

The Book of Revelation and Visual Culture

List of Contributors

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-11-071474-4

OCLC:

1240437002