Paradise in Antiquity: Jewish And Christian Views

Markus N. A. Bockmuehl · Gedaliahu A. G. Stroumsa

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Biblical Studies and Interpretation Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Augustinian Studies and Theology

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1. Introduction Guy G. Stroumsa Part I. Paradises of Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins: 2. The Messiah in the Garden Joachim Schaper 3. Philo's scholarly inquiries into the story of Paradise Maren R. Niehoff 4. Paradise in the Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo Richard Bauckham 5. Paradise, gardens and the afterlife in the first century CE Martin Goodman 6. Paradise in the New Testament Grant Macaskill 7. Quis et Unde? Heavenly obstacles in Gos. Thom. 50 and related literature Simon Gathercole Part II. Contemporizing Paradise in Late Antiquity: 8. Tertullian and the law of Paradise Sabrina Inowlocki 9. The language of Paradise: Hebrew or Syriac? Linguistic speculations and linguistic realities in late antiquity Yonatan Moss 10. The Tree of Life and the turning sword: Jewish biblical interpretation, symbols and theological patterns and their Christian counterparts Menahem Kister 11. Erotic Eden: a rabbinic nostalgia for Paradise Galit Hasan-Rokem 12. Augustine on Virgil and Scripture Gillian Clark 13. Paradise as political theme in Augustine's City of God Emile Perreau-Saussine 14. Locating Paradise Markus Bockmuehl Epilogue: a heaven on earth Alessandro Scafi Bibliography Index.

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