Death, ecstasy, and other worldly journeys / edited by John J. Collins, Michael Fishbane.

Other author Collins, John J. (John Joseph), 1946-
Other author Fishbane, Michael, 1943-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.
Descriptionxvi, 423 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Death--Religious aspects.
Ecstasy.
Near-death experiences--Religious aspects.

Contents Wisdom's place / Jonathan Z. Smith -- Ascent to the stars in a Mesopotamian ritual : social metaphor and religious experience / Tzvi Abusch -- A throne in the heavens : apotheosis in pre-Christian Judaism / John J. Collins --The seven heavens in Jewish and Christian apocalypses / Adela Y. Collins -- Paul and the beginning of Jewish mysticism / Alan F. Segal -- The practice of ascent in the ancient Mediterranean world / Martha Himmelfarb -- Mystical descents / Guy C. Stroumsa -- The crown of immortality : toward a redescription of Christian martyrdom / Arthur J. Droge -- Abathur, a new etymology / Nathaniel Deutsch -- The imagination of death in Jewish spirituality / Michael Fishbane -- Weeping, death, and spiritual ascent in sixteenth century Jewish mysticism / Elliot R. Wolfson -- Between authority and indeterminacy : some reflections on Kabbalistic hermeneutics / Moshe Idel -- Hekhalot and Miʻrāj : observations on the heavenly journey in Judaism and Islam / David J. Halperin -- The role of the "anima mundi" as mediator between the divine and created realms in the twelfth century / Bernard McGinn -- Death and the distribution of sacral power in early Japanese mythistory / Gary L. Ebersole -- To hell and back : death, near-death and other worldly journeys in early medieval China / Robert Ford Campany -- Sir Henry Vane : mystical piety in the Puritan revolution / W. Clark Gilpin -- Death, and near-death today / Carol Zaleski.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 94013469
ISBN079142345X (alk. paper)
ISBN0791423468 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BL504 .D37 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold