Hell and its rivals : death and retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the early Middle Ages /

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The idea of punishment after death--whereby the souls of the wicked are consigned to Hell (Gehenna, Gehinnom, or Jahannam)--emerged out of beliefs found across the Mediterranean, from ancient Egypt to Zoroastrian Persia, and became fundamental to the Abrahamic religions. Once Hell achieved doctrinal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bernstein, Alan E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Temas:
600-1500
Hell > Comparative studies.
Hell > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Hell > Islam > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Hell > Judaism > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Theology.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Hell
Electronic books.
Comparative studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gregory the Great : order in chaos
  • Inner death : hell in the conscience
  • The punishments : slavery, torture, and hell
  • Exceptions to hell : relief and escape
  • Calibrated justice and purgatorial fire
  • Visions : rights to souls
  • Rabbinic Judaism
  • Byzantine universalism : the path not taken
  • Islam : the mockers mocked.

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