Other worlds and their relation to this world : early Jewish and ancient Christian traditions / / edited by Tobias Nicklas ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 143
• TeilnehmendeR: Nicklas, Tobias, 1967-
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 143.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of a conference held Mar. 21-23, 2007 at Radboud University.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Approaching Afterlife Imagery: A Contemporary Glance At Ancient Concepts Of Otherworldly Dimensions /; The \'God Of Heaven\' In Persian And Hellenistic Times /; The Heavenly Temple, The Prison In The Void And The Uninhabited Paradise: Otherworldly Sites In The Book Of The Watchers /; Four Worlds That Are \'Other\' In The Enochic Book Of Parables /; The \'Otherworld\' And The Epistle Of Enoch /; The Otherworld In The Dead Sea Scrolls /; The Character Of The City And The Temple Of The Aramaic New Jerusalem /; The Heavenly World And Its Relationship To This World According To Rabbinic Literature: Some Main Outlines /; Between Heaven And Earth: Liminal Visions In 4ezra /; Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit? Virgil’s Katabasis And The Ideas Of The Hereafter In Ovid’s Metamorphoses /; The Otherworld And The New Age In The Letters Of Paul /; The Otherworld And This World In 2 Cor 12:1–10 In Light Of Early Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition /; The Rich, The Poor, And The Promise Of An Eschatological Reward In The Gospel Of Luke /; Diesseits aus der Sicht des Jenseits: Die Sendschreiben der Offenbarung des Johannes (Offb 2–3) /; Asceticism And Otherworlds In The Acts Of Paul And Thecla /; Orphic, Roman, Jewish And Christian Tours Of Hell: Observations On The Apocalypse Of Peter /; Hell In The Latin Vision Of Ezra /; Himmlischer Aufstieg im Apokryphon des Jakobus (NHC I,2) /; Purgatory: Worldly Functions Of An Otherworldly Notion /; \'The Holy Contest\': Competition For The Best Afterlife In The Apocalypse Of Paul And Late Antique Egypt /; Index Of Texts /; Subject Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 1283039427; 9786613039422; 9004190732; 9004186263
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Tobias Nicklas ... [et al.].

Is there a future after death and what does this future look like? What kind of life can we expect, and in what kind of world? Is there another, hopefully better world than the one we live in? The articles collected in this volume, all written by leading experts in the field, deal with the question how ancient Jewish and Christian authors describe “otherworldly places and situations”. They investigate why various forms of texts were created to address the questions above, how these texts functioned, and how they have to be understood. It is shown how ancient descriptions of the “otherworld” are taking over and reworking existing motifs, forms and genres, but also that they mirror concrete problems, ideas, experiences, and questions of their authors and the first readers.