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This volume deals with secrecy and concealment in the history of mediterranean religions as pattern of social interaction. Secrecy is a powerful means in establishing identity and interaction as G. Simmel has demonstrated. Using his approach the scholars of this volume describe and explain the practical meaning of concealment in two different religious systems: in Egyptian and Greek polytheism and in Jewish, Christian, Gnostic and Shi'i monotheisms. This point of view reveals that all these religions shaped social norms concerning public and private aspects of the human self.

Secrecy --- Secret --- Religious aspects --- Congresses --- Aspect religieux --- Congrès --- Mediterranean Region --- Middle East --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Moyen-Orient --- Religion --- Congresses. --- 291.1 --- -Concealment --- Privacy --- Hiding places --- Godsdienstfilosofie --- -Congresses --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- Orient --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- -Congresses. --- -Godsdienstfilosofie --- 291.1 Godsdienstfilosofie --- -291.1 Godsdienstfilosofie --- Concealment --- Congrès --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Asia, West --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Secrecy - Religious aspects - Congresses.

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"The social and intellectual vitality of Judaism and Christianity in antiquity was in large part a function of their ability to articulate a viably transcendent hope for the human condition. Narratives of Paradise - based on the concrete symbol of the Garden of Delights - came to play a central role for Jews, Christians, and eventually Muslims too. These collected essays highlight the multiple hermeneutical perspectives on biblical Paradise from Second Temple Judaism and Christian origins to the systematic expositions of Augustine and rabbinic literature. They show that while early Christian and Jewish sources draw on texts from the same Bible, their perceptions of Paradise often reflect the highly different structures of the two sister religions. Dealing with a wide variety of texts, these essays explore major themes such as the allegorical and literal interpretations of Paradise, the tension between heaven and earth, and Paradise's physical location in space and time"-- Provided by publisher.

Paradise. --- Future life. --- Paradise --- Future life --- -Paradise --- -Future life --- -236.6 --- 296*61 --- 296*82 --- Afterlife --- Eternal life --- Life, Future --- Life after death --- Eschatology --- Eternity --- Immortality --- Near-death experiences --- Hemel. Paradijs. Uitverkorenen. Triomferende Kerk --- Joodse theologie en filosofie--in de oudheid --- Dialoog joden - christenen --- 296*82 Dialoog joden - christenen --- 296*61 Joodse theologie en filosofie--in de oudheid --- 236.6 Hemel. Paradijs. Uitverkorenen. Triomferende Kerk --- #GGSB: Dogmatiek --- #GGSB: Schepping --- 236.6 --- Christianity --- Judaism --- Religious aspects --- Religious studies --- Judaism. --- Christianity. --- Paradise (Judaism) --- Dogmatiek --- Schepping --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Paradise - Judaism. --- Paradise - Christianity. --- Future life - Judaism. --- Future life - Christianity.