Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.23.2, pp. 1333-1394
 
Heavenly Ascent in Hellenistic Judaism, Early Christianity and their Environment
by Alan F. Segal, Toronto, Ontario

Contents

I. Theoretical Considerations; The Cultural Background of Ascension in the Hellenistic World 1334
II. Ascension in Hellenistic Judaism 1352
III. Ascension and Martyrdom; Ascension in Early Christianity 1369
IV. Some Aspects of Late Hellenistic Ascension; Gnosticism 1377
V. Select Bibliography 1388
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