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Paradise in Antiquity

Author : Markus Bockmuehl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139487795
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Paradise in Antiquity written by Markus Bockmuehl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social and intellectual vitality of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity was in large part a function of their ability to articulate a viably transcendent hope for the human condition. Narratives of Paradise - based on the concrete symbol of the Garden of Delights - came to play a central role for Jews, Christians, and eventually Muslims too. The essays in this volume highlight the multiple hermeneutical perspectives on biblical Paradise from Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins to the systematic expositions of Augustine and rabbinic literature. They show that while early Christian and Jewish sources draw on texts from the same Bible, their perceptions of Paradise often reflect the highly different structures of the two sister religions. Dealing with a wide variety of texts, these essays explore major themes such as the allegorical and literal interpretations of Paradise, the tension between heaven and earth, and Paradise's physical location in space and time.

Paradise in Antiquity

Author : Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies Markus Bockmuehl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780511932359
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Book Synopsis Paradise in Antiquity by : Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies Markus Bockmuehl

Download or read book Paradise in Antiquity written by Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies Markus Bockmuehl and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The social and intellectual vitality of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity was in large part a function of their ability to articulate a viably transcendent hope for the human condition. Narratives of Paradise - based on the concrete symbol of the Garden of Delights - came to play a central role for Jews, Christians, and eventually Muslims too. These collected essays highlight the multiple hermeneutical perspectives on biblical Paradise from Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins to the systematic expositions of Augustine and rabbinic literature. They show that while early Christian and Jewish sources draw on texts from the same Bible, their perceptions of Paradise often reflect the highly different structures of the two sister religions. Dealing with a wide variety of texts, these essays explore major themes such as the allegorical and literal interpretations of Paradise, the tension between heaven and earth, and Paradise's physical location in space and time"--

The Earthly Paradise

Author : F. Regina Psaki
Publisher : Global Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781586841591
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book The Earthly Paradise written by F. Regina Psaki and published by Global Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history of how the Eden story in Genesis has been understood.

Mapping Paradise

Author : Alessandro Scafi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping Paradise written by Alessandro Scafi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alessandro Scafi's fascinating account looks at the perception of world geography and the place of paradise within that. Central to this discussion are the key debates, prevalent from the Renaissance, about faith and reason, theology and philosophy and paradise both as an internal and external reality.

Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise

Author : Annewies van den Hoek
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004256938
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise written by Annewies van den Hoek and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays on late antiquity traverse a territory in which Christian and pagan imagery and practices compete, coexist, and intermingle. The iconography of the most significant late antique ceramic, African Red Slip Ware, is an important and relatively unexploited vehicle for documenting the diversity and interpenetration of late antique cultures. Literary texts and art in other media, particularly mosaics, provide imagery that complement and enhance the messages of the ceramics. Popular entertainments, pagan cults, mythic heroes, beasts, monsters, and biblical visions are themes dealt with on the patrician and popular levels. With interpretive supplements from these diverse realms, it is possible to achieve greater insight into the life, attitudes, and thought of Late Antiquity.

A History of Heaven

Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691006840
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book A History of Heaven written by Jeffrey Burton Russell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well known for his historical accounts of Satan and hell, Jeffrey Burton Russell explores the brighter side of eternity: heaven. He not only examines concepts found among Jews, Greeks and Romans, but asks how time 'passes' in eternity.

The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22–24

Author : Christopher A. Graham
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004342087
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22–24 written by Christopher A. Graham and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein, Christopher A. Graham demonstrates how early Christian authors referenced Genesis 3:22–24 in order to signify that, through the Church, humanity has access to the divine truth and life lost at the expulsion.

The Dimensions of Paradise

Author : John F. Michell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780932813893
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book The Dimensions of Paradise written by John F. Michell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dimensions of paradise were known to ancient civilizations as the numerical standards that underlie the created world. This text searches for these standards and provides clues for understanding such as the plan for Atlantis; the numbers behind Christianity; and the form of the New Jerusalem.

Milk of Paradise

Author : Lucy Inglis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643130951
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Milk of Paradise written by Lucy Inglis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the “Milk of Paradise” for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain—and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport, and refine, and subject to an insatiable global demand. No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is an agricultural product that lives many lives before it reaches the branded blister packet, the intravenous drip, or the scorched and filthy spoon. Many of us will end our lives dependent on it. In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to today’s synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine, and, above all, money. And, as this ambitious, wide-ranging, and compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history and it speaks to us of who we are.

Paradise Found

Author : William Fairfield Warren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradise Found written by William Fairfield Warren and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Late Antiquity

Author : Glen Warren Bowersock
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674511736
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Late Antiquity written by Glen Warren Bowersock and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 11 in-depth essays and over 500 encyclopedia entries, a cast of experts provides fresh perspectives on an era marked by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented upheavals, and the creation of art of enduring glory. 79 illustrations, 16 in color.

Earthly Paradises

Author : Maureen Carroll
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892367214
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Earthly Paradises written by Maureen Carroll and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultivation of gardens played an integral role in both the public and private spheres of the ancient world. Whether grown as sources of food, symbols of wealth and prestige, or as dwellings for the gods, gardens were nurtured at every level of society. In this beautifully illustrated book, Maureen Carroll examines the most recent evidence for the existence, functions, and designs of gardens from the second millennium B.C. to the middle of the first millennium A.D. in the cultures of the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the provinces of the Roman Empire. She looks at gardens in their many forms, including house gardens, orchards and parks, sacred gardens and cemetery gardens, and dedicates a chapter to gardens in ancient poetry. She also discusses ancient horticultural practices and the role of gardeners, concluding with a chapter on the survival of ancient gardening traditions in the Islamic and Byzantine worlds, and the perception and depiction of paradise in those cultures. Evidence is drawn from archaeological excavations, which can reveal the remains of gardens that were never mentioned in written sources, as well as from textual, pictorial, and environmental sources. Illustrated with delightful images from tomb and wall paintings, sculptural reliefs and manuscripts, as well as with informative reconstructions and plans, this book provides fascinating insights into the earthly paradises of antiquity. Book jacket.

Pirates in Paradise

Author : Stefan Eklöf
Publisher : NIAS Press
ISBN 13 : 8791114373
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Pirates in Paradise written by Stefan Eklöf and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southeast Asia contains some of the world's busiest shipping waters, particularly the Indonesian archipelago, the Straits of Malacca and South China Sea. The natural geography and human ecology of maritime Southeast Asia makes the area particularly apt for piracy. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that these waters are also the world's most pirate-infested, accounting for over a third of the total number of pirate attacks world-wide. The figures have increased in recent years, as transnationally organized crime syndicates have extended their activities in the area. Meanwhile, the capacity of the state authorities in the region to suppress piracy appears to have declined, fuelling suspicions that sections of the maritime authorities are colluding with some of the organized pirate gangs that they are supposed to be combating. Not surprisingly, piracy has a long history in the region, and in several instances during the last 250 years, pirates have disrupted peaceful trade and communications. This text traces the shifting character and development of Southeast Asian piracy from the 18th century to the present day, demonstrating how political, economic, social and technological factors have contributed to change - but have by no means exterminated - the phenomenon. -- Description from http://www.amazon.co.uk (Oct. 19, 2011).

History of Paradise

Author : Jean Delumeau
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252068805
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book History of Paradise written by Jean Delumeau and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the conviction that paradise existed in a precise although unreachable earthly location. Delving into the writings of dozens of medieval and Renaissance thinkers, from Augustine to Dante, this title presents a study of the meaning of Original Sin and the human yearning for paradise.

The Cosmography of Paradise

Author : Alessandro Scafi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908590503
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Cosmography of Paradise written by Alessandro Scafi and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cosmography of Paradise: The Other World from Ancient Mesopotamia to Medieval Europe considers the general theme of paradise from various comparative perspectives. The focus has been on the way the relationship between 'the other world' and the structure of the whole cosmos has been viewed in different ages and traditions around the Mediterranean basin, spanning from the ancient Near East to medieval Europe. Scholars coming from different fields discuss in this volume the various ways the relationship between paradise and the general features of the universe has been viewed within their own field of work. The historical formation of the notion of paradise, defined as a perfect state beyond time and space, relied heavily upon a variety of temporally and culturally conditioned concepts of the physical cosmos as a finite and imperfect realm. It is precisely the emphasis on cosmography that allows the discussion of several traditions: Sumerian, ancient Iranian, Greek, Jewish, early Christian, Gnostic, Byzantine, Islamic, Scandinavian, and Latin Western.

Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature

Author : Meredith J. C. Warren
Publisher : SBL Press
ISBN 13 : 0884143570
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature written by Meredith J. C. Warren and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New research that transforms how to understand food and eating in literature Meredith J. C. Warren identifies and defines a new genre in ancient texts that she terms hierophagy, a specific type of transformational eating where otherworldly things are consumed. Multiple ancient Mediterranean, Jewish, and Christian texts represent the ramifications of consuming otherworldly food, ramifications that were understood across religious boundaries. Reading ancient texts through the lens of hierophagy helps scholars and students interpret difficult passages in Joseph and Aseneth, 4 Ezra, Revelation 10, and the Persephone myths, among others. Features: Exploration of how ancient literature relies on bending, challenging, inverting, and parodying cultural norms in order to make meaning out of genres Analysis of hierophagy as social action that articulates how patterns of communication across texts and cultures emerge and diverge A new understanding of previously confounding scenes of literary eating

Paradise Mislaid

Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199882851
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Mislaid written by Jeffrey Burton Russell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian concept of heaven flourished for almost two millennia, but it has lost much of its power in the last hundred years. Indeed today even theologians tend to avoid the topic. But heaven has always been a central tenet of the Christian faith, writes Jeffrey Burton Russell. If there is no heaven, no resurrection of the dead, the entire Christian story makes no sense. In this stimulating book, Russell sets out to rehabilitate heaven by forcefully attacking a series of ideas that have made belief in heaven, not to mention belief in God, increasingly difficult for modern people. Russell provides elegant and persuasive refutations of arguments ranging from the idea that science has disproved the existence of the supernatural, to the notion that biblical criticism has emptied the scripture of meaning. Along the way, as Russell looks at the ideas of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer, Mark Twain and Alfred Lord Tennyson, Marx and Freud, and a host of others, he sheds light not only on the history of Christian thought, but on the process of secularization in the West. One by one, Russell refutes these anti-religious ideologies, pinpointing the deficiencies of their reasoning. Throughout the book, Russell invites the reader, whatever his or her beliefs, to take the concept of heaven seriously both as a worldview in itself and as one with enormous influence on the world. It is a book that will be welcomed by thinking Christians, who often feel beleaguered by the forces of modernity and sometimes find it hard to defend their own beliefs.