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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bernstein, Alan E. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Hell.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
RELIGION > Theology.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
Hell > Judaism > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Hell > Islam > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Hell > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Hell > Comparative studies.
Comparative studies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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