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P A R A D I S E I N A N T I Q U I T Y

e 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.

ese collected essays highlight the multiple hermeneutical per-

spectives on biblical paradise from Second Temple Judaism and

Christian origins to the systematic expositions of Augustine and

rabbinic literature, and show that while early Christian and Jewish

sources draw on texts from the same Bible, their perceptions of para-

dise often reﬂect the highly diﬀerent structures of the two sister reli-

gions. 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 loca-

tion in space and time.

is Professor of Biblical and Early Christian

Studies and a Fellow of Keble College at the University of Oxford.

He is the editor of the Cambridge Companion to Jesus (Cambridge

University Press, ) and the co-editor (with Donald A. Hagner)

of e Written Gospel (Cambridge University Press, ).

. is Professor of the Study of the Abrahamic

Religions and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall at the University

of Oxford, and Martin Buber Professor Emeritus of Comparative

Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of e

End of Sacriﬁce ( ) and A New Science: the Discovery of Religion

in the Age of Reason ( ), as well as the co-editor (with Graham

N. Stanton) of Tolerance and Intolerance in Early Judaism and

Christianity (Cambridge University Press, ).

PA R A DISE IN A NT IQU IT Y

Jewish and Christian Views

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