Apocalyptic Representations of Jerusalem

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-14915-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 111, 262 Seiten, Gewicht: 625 g

Reihe: Numen Book Series

Jerusalem as a symbolic expression of hope attracts attention and religious adherence in relation to its physical presence. The study identifies, traces and examines apocalyptic representations of Jerusalem, and illustrates what happens when these become experienced reality. The empirical part of the book shows how these representations become living images in two contemporary groups’ activity in Jerusalem.
Private and public endtime representations of Jerusalem provide meaningful models for interpreting the religious past, present and future. The interplay of these representations also shapes our present images of Jerusalem.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leppäkari, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Maria Leppäkari, Th.D. (2002) in Comparative Religion, Åbo Akademi University, Finland, where she is presently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher of the Academy of Finland, doing research on Jerusalem in Jewish-Christian endtime conceptions. She has published articles on this topic.