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Answers to Questions Regarding Heavenly Ascent in Early Jewish and Early Christian Literature
This post comprises some very interesting questions posed to me by a new reader of this blog, Steve Bastasch, regarding the development of the “heavenly ascent” theme in early Christian thought and writings and their Jewish background. My answer to these questions follows. ————————————————————————— Steve: I’m new to your Heavenly Ascents blog – it looks [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Heavenly Ascents Also tagged Alan Segal, Crispin Fletcher-Louis, Early Christianity, Early Jewish and Christian Mysticism, Enoch, Heavenly Ascent, Heavenly Ascents, Hebrew Bible, James Davila, Jesus, Jim Davila, kavod, Martha Himmelfarb, mysteries, New Testament, Qumran, Rabbinic Judaism, Second Temple Judaism Comments closed
Society of Biblical Literature: New Orleans
Well, another SBL annual meeting has come and gone. I had a great time this year here in New Orleans. For some reason, the conference was not as well attended as in past years, but it was still an enlightening experience. Despite the fact that my connecting flight from Atlanta was delayed two hours (which [...]
Posted in Apocalypticism/Mysticism, Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Scholarly Conferences Also tagged annual meeting, Bible, Early Christianity, Mysticism, New Orleans, SBL, Scripture Comments closed
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