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

LIBRA BL545 .B47 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bernstein, Alan E., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hell--Comparative studies.
Hell.
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.
Judaism.
Islam.
Hell--Christianity.
Genre:
Comparative studies.
Physical Description:
xiv, 392 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Bernstein, Alan E., author. Hell and its rivals.
ISBN:
9781501707803
1501707809
OCLC:
962548559

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