Russell, Jeffrey Burton <br/><br/>
A History of Heaven  The Singing Silence 
Jeffrey Burton Russell 
 - U.S.A.  Princeton University Press  1997 
 - 220tr.  hardcover, illustration  24 cm 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691011615 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heaven<br/>Heaven Christianity<br/>Theology, Doctrinal -- History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>236.24  / R961-J46