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The open mind : essays in honour of Christopher Rowland / edited by Jonathan Knight and Kevin Sullivan.

Contributor(s): Knight, Jonathan, 1959- [editor.] | Sullivan, Kevin P. (Kevin Patrick), 1972- [editor.] | Rowland, Christopher, 1947- [honouree.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of New Testament studies: 522.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2015Description: xv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567658517; 0567658511Subject(s): Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism | Angels -- Christianity | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism | Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity | Religious thought -- To 600 | Rowland, Christopher, 1947-Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-274) and indexes.
Contents:
Escape from the wheel of time : the cognitive basis for gnostic ascent practices / April D. DeConick -- On trees and visionaries : the role of the cosmic tree and related material in Baruch, Daniel and Pseudo-Danielic literature / Vicente Dobroruka -- Performing the cosmic mystery of the church in the communities of the didache / Jonathan A. Draper -- The similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) : the son of man, apocalyptic messianism and political theology / Crispin Fletcher-Louis -- The open hell : a study of the Apocalypse of Peter / Paul Foster -- The descending son of man in the gospel of John : a polemic against mystical ascent to see God / Charles A. Gieschen -- Heavenly mysteries and earthly riches : an apocalyptic perspective on the proper use of wealth in the gospel according to Luke? / Andrew Gregory -- The christology of the Ascension of Isaiah : docetic or polymorphic? / Jonathan Knight -- Before Mary and Jesus there was Raphael : an antecedent to the angelic 'incarnations' of Jewish Christianity and its gospels / Phillip Muñoa -- 'Drink the cup which I promised you!' (Apocalypse of Peter 14.4) : Peter's death and the end of times / Tobias Nicklas -- The demise of the antagonist in the apocalyptic scapegoat tradition / Andrei A. Orlov -- Reading Leviticus today / J.W. Rogerson -- Jesus, angels, and the honeycomb in Luke 24.42 / Kevin Sullivan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-274) and indexes.

Escape from the wheel of time : the cognitive basis for gnostic ascent practices / April D. DeConick -- On trees and visionaries : the role of the cosmic tree and related material in Baruch, Daniel and Pseudo-Danielic literature / Vicente Dobroruka -- Performing the cosmic mystery of the church in the communities of the didache / Jonathan A. Draper -- The similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) : the son of man, apocalyptic messianism and political theology / Crispin Fletcher-Louis -- The open hell : a study of the Apocalypse of Peter / Paul Foster -- The descending son of man in the gospel of John : a polemic against mystical ascent to see God / Charles A. Gieschen -- Heavenly mysteries and earthly riches : an apocalyptic perspective on the proper use of wealth in the gospel according to Luke? / Andrew Gregory -- The christology of the Ascension of Isaiah : docetic or polymorphic? / Jonathan Knight -- Before Mary and Jesus there was Raphael : an antecedent to the angelic 'incarnations' of Jewish Christianity and its gospels / Phillip Muñoa -- 'Drink the cup which I promised you!' (Apocalypse of Peter 14.4) : Peter's death and the end of times / Tobias Nicklas -- The demise of the antagonist in the apocalyptic scapegoat tradition / Andrei A. Orlov -- Reading Leviticus today / J.W. Rogerson -- Jesus, angels, and the honeycomb in Luke 24.42 / Kevin Sullivan.

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