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BarcodeR359393220
TitleA History of heaven : The Singing silence
AuthorRussell, Jeffrey Burton.
Call No236.2409 RUS
CollectionNon Fiction
Copy No1
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International Standard Book Number 0691006849
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 236.2409 RUS
Personal Name Russell, Jeffrey Burton.
Title Statement A History of heaven : The Singing silence
Imprint Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton Uni. Press, 1997.
Physical Description 220p.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Summary, Etc. Explores the brighter side of eternity: heaven. Dispensing with the images of goodness that can make even heaven seem unbearable, this book stimulates our imagination with a history of how the joy of paradise has been conceived by writers, philosophers, and artists for whom heaven was an imminent reality.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term HEAVEN - HISTORY OF DOCTRINES.