On Earth As In Heaven: The Restoration Of Sacred Time And Sacred Space In The Book Of Jubilees (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN: The Restoration of Sacred Time and Sacred Space in the Book of Jubilees......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
The Historical Scope of the Book of Jubilees......Page 23
A Program for Further Study......Page 28
Part I. Sacred time......Page 30
Introduction......Page 32
Expressed Cultic Cycles: the Week and the Jubilee......Page 33
Implied Cultic Cycles: the Mishmarot and the ‘Otot’......Page 36
Conclusion......Page 81
Introduction......Page 86
The History of Israel in Jubilees......Page 88
The Sabbatical Chronology of Jubilees......Page 95
The Threefold Structure of World History in Jubilees 23......Page 116
The Further Decline in Human Longevity from Israel in the Land to the Restoration......Page 126
The ‘Otot’ Cycle Revisited......Page 156
Conclusion......Page 162
Part II. Sacred space......Page 172
Introduction......Page 174
The Role of the Land in Jubilees: A Disputed Point......Page 175
The Land and Jubilees’ Expectation of Israel’s Universal Sovereignty......Page 179
The Land and the ‘Already’—‘Not Yet’......Page 191
The Ideal Boundaries of the Ideal Land in the Book of Jubilees......Page 195
Conclusion......Page 221
Conclusion......Page 224
Temporal Symmetry in the Book of Jubilees......Page 225
Spatial Symmetry in the Book of Jubilees......Page 230
Suggestions for Further Research......Page 232
Appendix: Major Events of World History Plotted Against the Cultic Cycles in the Book of Jubilees......Page 248
Bibliography......Page 264
Index of Ancient Literature......Page 282
Index of Modern Authors......Page 302