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Scott, James,

On Earth as in Heaven : The Restoration of Sacred Time and Sacred Space in the Book of Jubilees / The Restoration of Sacred Time and Sacred Space in the Book of Jubilees James Scott. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; 91 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; 91. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume deals with the chronological and spatial conceptions underlying the Book of Jubilees, a Jewish apocalyptic writing of the mid-second century BCE, and shows how in these respects Jubilees forms a bridge between the earlier Enochic tradition and the later Qumran sectarian writings. The book argues essentially that for Jubilees, the consummation of the ages will effect the restoration of sacred space and sacred time, so that all things correspond to God's original will for the creation on earth as in heaven. This book has important implications not only for the study of Jubilees itself and other Jewish writings of the Second Temple period, but also for research on early Christian chiliasm.

ISBN: 9789047405115 9789004137967

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789047405115 DOI

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Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Book of Jubilees--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jewish calendar.
Jewish chronology.
Sacred space.
Time--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Palestine--In Judaism.

LC Class. No.: BS1830.J8

Dewey Class. No.: 229/.911