Heavenly Book Motif in Judeo-Christian Apocalypses 200 BCE-200 CE

Leslie Baynes, Ph. D. (2005) in Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity, University of Notre Dame, is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Second Temple Judaism at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.

• 1. Introduction. State of the Question 2. “But if Not, Blot Me Out of the Book” Earthly and Heavenly Books in the Hebrew Scriptures up to Daniel 3. “Everyone Who Is Found Written in the Book” the Heavenly Book of Life in Daniel, the Dead 4. “And Books Were Opened” the Heavenly Book of Deeds in Daniel and other Second Temple Literature 5. “It Has Been Written and Ordained” Heavenly Tablets and the Book of Fate in Jubilees, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other Second Temple Literature 6. “Who Is Worthy to Open the Scroll?” the Adaptation of the Motif in the New Testament 7. “But Not Like the Books of This World” the Heavenly Book in Christian Literature of the 8. Conclusion