The Early History of Heaven (2000 Wright), book

The Early History of Heaven (2000) is a book by J. Edward Wright.

Abstract

""Traces the origins and development of images of the heavenly realm in the ancient Near East, early Judaism, and Christianity. He begins by examining the beliefs of ancient Israel's neighbors in Egypt and Mesopotamia, reconstructuring the intellectual context in which the earliest biblical images of heaven arose."--Pubisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Table of contents

Ancient Egyptian traditions -- Ancient Mesopotamian traditions -- Israelite traditions -- Persian, Greek and Roman traditions -- Early Jewish and Christian traditions I: the persistence of biblical and ancient near eastern models -- Early Jewish and Christian traditions II: the adoption of Hellenistic models -- Early Jewish and Christian traditions III: common themes and motifs -- Later developments in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic images.