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Journeys to heaven and hell : tours of the afterlife in early christian tradition / Bart D. Ehrman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ehrman, Bart D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hell--Christianity.
- Hell.
- Heaven--Christianity.
- Heaven.
- Future life--Christianity.
- Future life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 328 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- A New York Times best-selling scholar's illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The well-trodden paths
- The realities of death and the meaning of life I : journeys to Hades in Homer and Virgil
- The realities of death and the meaning of life II : Jewish and Christian journeys
- Incentives from the world beyond : Christian ethics and evangelism
- The afterlife of afterlives : editorial interventions and Christology
- The justice and mercy of God in textual conflict
- The power of Christ and the harrowing of hell
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-305) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ehrman, Bart D. Journeys to Heaven and Hell
- ISBN:
- 9780300265163
- OCLC:
- 1309878668
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