Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- 1 Introduction: the paradise chronotrope
- PART I PARADISES OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS
- 2 The messiah in the garden: John 19.38–41, (royal) gardens, and messianic concepts
- 3 Philo's scholarly inquiries into the story of paradise
- 4 Paradise in the Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo
- 5 Paradise, gardens, and the afterlife in the first century ce
- 6 Paradise in the New Testament
- 7 Quis et unde? Heavenly obstacles in Gos. Thom. 50 and related literature
- PART II CONTEMPORIZING PARADISE IN LATE ANTIQUITY
- 15 Epilogue: a heaven on earth
- Select bibliography
- Index of subjects
- Index of authors (cited in text)
- Index of sources
2 - The messiah in the garden: John 19.38–41, (royal) gardens, and messianic concepts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- 1 Introduction: the paradise chronotrope
- PART I PARADISES OF SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS
- 2 The messiah in the garden: John 19.38–41, (royal) gardens, and messianic concepts
- 3 Philo's scholarly inquiries into the story of paradise
- 4 Paradise in the Biblical Antiquities of Pseudo-Philo
- 5 Paradise, gardens, and the afterlife in the first century ce
- 6 Paradise in the New Testament
- 7 Quis et unde? Heavenly obstacles in Gos. Thom. 50 and related literature
- PART II CONTEMPORIZING PARADISE IN LATE ANTIQUITY
- 15 Epilogue: a heaven on earth
- Select bibliography
- Index of subjects
- Index of authors (cited in text)
- Index of sources
- Type
- Chapter
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- Paradise in AntiquityJewish and Christian Views, pp. 17 - 27Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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