Title: The early history of heaven
First published: 2000
Description: 1. Ancient Egyptian Traditions2. Ancient Mesopotamian Traditions3. Israelite Traditions4. Persian, Greek, and Roman Traditions5. Early Jewish and Christian Traditions I: The Persistence of Biblical or Ancient Near Eastern Models6. 7. Early Jewish and Christian Traditions III: Common Themes & Motifs8. Later Developments in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Images
Subjects: Ancient Literature, Apocalyptic literature, Christianity, Comparative studies, Heaven, History and criticism, History of doctrines, Judaism, Literature, Ancient, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
Time periods: Early church, ca. 30-600
LC classification: BM645.H43 W75 2000