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Ehrman, Bart D., author.
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Future life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Heaven -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Hell -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Heaven and hell : a history of the afterlife / Bart D. Ehrman.
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Ehrman, Bart D., author.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Subjects
Future life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Heaven -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Hell -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
ISBN:
9781501136733 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
1501136739 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
Description:
xxiii, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Contents:
Guided tours of heaven and hell -- The fear of death -- Life after death before there was life after death -- Will justice be done? : the rise of postmortem rewards and punishments -- Death after death in the Hebrew Bible -- Dead bodies that return to life : the resurrection in ancient Israel -- Why wait for the resurrection? : life after death right after death -- Jesus and the afterlife -- The afterlife after Jesus' life : Paul the Apostle -- Altering the views of Jesus : the later gospels -- The afterlife mysteries of the book of revelation -- Eternal life in the flesh -- Tactile ecstasy and torment in the Christian hereafter -- Who will inherit the blessings? : purgatory, reincarnation, and salvation for all.
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"A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from, and why do they endure?" --
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236.2 Eh
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