| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition |
| Description |
xxiii, 326 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Future life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Heaven -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Hell -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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| ISBN |
9781501136733 ( (hardcover) : alk. paper) |
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1501136739 ( (hardcover) : alk. paper) |
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