Journeys to Heaven and Hell : Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition /

A New York Times best-selling scholar's illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell "[An] illuminating deep dive . . . An edifying origin story for contemporary Christian conceptions of the afterlife."-Publishers Weekly From classics such as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ehrman, Bart D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022]
Temas:
RELIGION / Christianity / History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Well-Trodden Paths
  • CHAPTER ONE The Realities of Death and the Meaning of Life I Journeys to Hades in Homer and Virgil
  • CHAPTER TWO The Realities of Death and the Meaning of Life II Jewish and Christian Journeys
  • CHAPTER THREE Incentives from the World Beyond: Christian Ethics and Evangelism
  • CHAPTER FOUR The Afterlife of Afterlives: Editorial Interventions and Christology
  • CHAPTER FIVE The Justice and Mercy of God in Textual Conflict
  • CHAPTER SIX The Power of Christ and the Harrowing of Hell
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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