Heaven and hell a history of the afterlife
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? What happens when we die? A recent Pew Research poll showed that 72% of Americans believe in a litera...
| Main Author: | Ehrman, Bart D. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2020.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition |
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Table of 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.