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A history of heaven
the singing silence
By Russell, Jeffrey Burton
- ISBN
- 978-0-69101-161-5
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1997
Historian Russell (Inventing the Flat Earth, Praeger, 1991) offers ever deepening insights into the human notion of heaven from its inception around 200 B.C. until Dante's Divine Comedy in 1321 C.E. He takes on such topics as metaphorical ontology and physical cosmology, visions of paradise and images of angels, apo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
