The open mind: essays in honour of Christopher Rowland
Escape from the wheel of time : the cognitive basis for gnostic ascent practices / April D. DeConick -- On trees and visionaries : the role of the cosmic tree and related material in Baruch, Daniel and Pseudo-Danielic literature / Vicente Dobroruka -- Performing the cosmic mystery of the church in t...
| Summary: | Escape from the wheel of time : the cognitive basis for gnostic ascent practices / April D. DeConick -- On trees and visionaries : the role of the cosmic tree and related material in Baruch, Daniel and Pseudo-Danielic literature / Vicente Dobroruka -- Performing the cosmic mystery of the church in the communities of the didache / Jonathan A. Draper -- The similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) : the son of man, apocalyptic messianism and political theology / Crispin Fletcher-Louis -- The open hell : a study of the Apocalypse of Peter / Paul Foster -- The descending son of man in the gosple of John : a polemic against mystical ascent to see God / Charles A. Gieschen -- Heavenly mysteries and earthly riches : an apocalyptic perspective on the proper use of wealth in the gospel according to Luke? / Andrew Gregory -- The christology of the Ascension of Isaiah : docetic or polymorphic? / Jonathan Knight -- Before Mary and Jesus there was Raphael : an antecedent to the angelic 'incarnations' of Jewish Christianity and its gospels / Phillip Muñoa -- 'Drink the cup which I promised you!' (Apocalypse of Peter 14.4) : Peter's death and the end of times / Tobias Nicklas -- The demise of the antagonist in the apocalyptic scapegoat tradition / Andrei A. Orlov -- Reading Leviticus today / J.W. Rogerson -- Jesus, angels, and the honeycomb in Luke 24.42 / Kevin Sullivan This Festschrift draws on the research interests of Christopher Rowland. The collection of essays comes from former doctoral students and other friends, many of whom shed light on the angelic contribution to the thought-world of developing Christianity. The significance of the Jewish contribution to developing Christian ideology is critically assessed, including the impact of the original Jewish sources on the earliest Christian belief.--Publisher's description |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-274) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0567658511 |