| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Library of New Testament studies ; 313 |
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies |
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Library of New Testament studies ; 313.
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION; PART I: TEXTS OF HEAVENLY ASCENT; Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION: HEAVENLY ASCENT TEXTS; Chapter 3 JEWISH APOCALYPTIC TEXTS PRE-70 AD; Chapter 4 JEWISH APOCALYPTIC TEXTS POST-70 AD; Chapter 5 THE NEW TESTAMENT; Chapter 6 POST-BIBLICAL EARLY CHRISTIAN APOCALYPSES; Chapter 7 THE NAG HAMMADI CODICES; Chapter 8 THE HEKHALOT LITERATURE; Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS TO PART ONE; PART II: 2 CORINTHIANS 12.1-10 AND HEAVENLY ASCENT |
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Chapter 10 2 CORINTHIANS 12.1-10 AS A HEAVENLY ASCENTChapter 11 2 CORINTHIANS 12.1-10 AS A FAILED ASCENT; Chapter 12 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Texts; Index of Modern Authors |
| Summary |
In Chapter 1 Paula Gooder discusses the problems of interpreting this text and looks at the major debates of its past interpreters. The most popular modern approach is to compare it with other texts of ascent in the Judaeo-Christian tradition, yet even a brief examination of these texts indicate that differences are present. In the remainder of the book Gooder evaluates the extent and significance of these differences. Part One consists of a detailed consideration of a range of texts which superficially seem closest to 2 Corinthians 12. Chapter 2 presents a history of scholarship on heavenly a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-247) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Corinthians, 2nd, XII, 1-10 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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| Subject |
Ascension of the soul -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
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II Corinthiërs (bijbelboek)
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Hemelvaart van Jezus.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007273495 |
| ISBN |
9780567037022 |
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0567037029 |
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1283192179 |
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9781283192170 |
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9786613192172 |
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6613192171 |
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