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Hell and Its Rivals : Death and Retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |