Tours of Hell : an Apocalyptic Form in Jewish and Christian Literature /

From the ancient Book of the Dead to Dante's Divine Comedy, the living have attempted to describe the world of the dead. Tours of Hell focuses on one form of that attempt: the tours of hell found in Jewish and Christian apocalypses of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages spanning a thousand...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Himmelfarb, Martha
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Hell > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Hell > Judaism > History of doctrines.
Littérature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Comparative Literature.
Apocalyptic literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE TOURS OF HELL
  • INTRODUCTION: The Tradition of Tours of Hell
  • 1. THE TEXTS
  • 2. DEMONSTRATIVE EXPLANATIONS AND THE LITERARY CONTEXT OF THE TOURS OF HELL
  • 3. SINS AND PUNISHMENTS I: SINS AND MEASURE-FOR-MEASURE PUNISHMENTS
  • 4. SINS AND PUNISHMENTS II: ENVIRONMENTAL PUNISHMENTS AND THE SINS AND PUNISHMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE OF PAUL FAMILY
  • 5. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRADITION
  • CONCLUSIONS: THE TOURS OF HELL AND THE HISTORY OF TOUR APOCALYPSES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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