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From Isaiah to Ezekiel to Heavenly Ascent

By David Larsen | Published: August 4, 2008
My Comments on Martha Himmelfarb’s Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses The next major work that I will be looking at here is Princeton professor of religion, Martha Himmelfarb’s book entitled Ascent to Heaven in Jewish and Christian Apocalypses (New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993). This work is significantly influential in the [...]
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Angelomorphic Holy Spirit

By David Larsen | Published: June 12, 2008
The Form of the Holy Spirit  In my last post on the Ascension of Isaiah, I noted how in that document, Isaiah, while in the highest Heaven, sees a figure standing near God’s throne, which his angel guide informs him is “the angel of the Holy Spirit.” Isaiah sees him as a glorious standing figure comparable to the figure [...]
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Isaiah’s Heavenly Ascent to See the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

By David Larsen | Published: June 9, 2008
Insights from the Ascension of Isaiah The Ascension of Isaiah is an early Christian document that is thought to have been written some time in the second century A.D., and is considered a Christian re-working of an older Jewish tradition. It resembles, in some ways, Isaiah 6, but details a much more elaborate vision, in which [...]
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Understanding Ezekiel’s Remarkable Merkabah Vision

By David Larsen | Published: June 4, 2008
In Ezekiel 1, the prophet experiences an amazing theophany that has inspired and perplexed readers for centuries. Ezekiel was privileged to see the Merkabah, the flying chariot-throne of God, and “upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it” (Ezek 1:26).    In the account that we have [...]
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