A History of Heaven The Singing Silence
Russell, Jeffrey Burton
A History of Heaven The Singing Silence Jeffrey Burton Russell - U.S.A. Princeton University Press 1997 - 220tr. hardcover, illustration 24 cm
Russell's account of the concept of heaven from the second century B.C.E. to the middle of the fourteenth century is rich in historical detail, which will acquaint general readers with the development of a theological concept that has been of central importance in all three ""Western"" religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Russell's focus, as he notes in the preface, is Christian theology
9780691011615
Heaven
Heaven Christianity
Theology, Doctrinal -- History
236.24 / R961-J46
A History of Heaven The Singing Silence Jeffrey Burton Russell - U.S.A. Princeton University Press 1997 - 220tr. hardcover, illustration 24 cm
Russell's account of the concept of heaven from the second century B.C.E. to the middle of the fourteenth century is rich in historical detail, which will acquaint general readers with the development of a theological concept that has been of central importance in all three ""Western"" religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Russell's focus, as he notes in the preface, is Christian theology
9780691011615
Heaven
Heaven Christianity
Theology, Doctrinal -- History
236.24 / R961-J46