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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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