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02291nam a2200217 a 4500 |
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ELIB.Books |
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160122 2010 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0801428939 |
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(ELIB.Books)0000-3199 |
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291.23 |
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bernstein, Alan E. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Formation of Hell |
| Remainder of title |
Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Ithaca |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Cornell University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1993 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 392 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Hell -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Hell -- Comparative studies. Hell -- Biblical teaching. |
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Rome -- Religion. Judaism -- History of doctrines. |
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24 cm |
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"What becomes of the wicked? Hell - exile from God, subjection to fire, worms, and darkness - for centuries the idea has shaped the dread of malefactors, the solace of victims, and the deterrence of believers. Although we may associate the notion of hell with Christian beliefs, its gradual emergence depended on conflicting notions that pervaded the Mediterranean world more than a millennium before the birth of Christ: Asking just why and how belief in hell arose, Alan E. Bernstein takes us back to those times and offers us a comparative view of the philosophy, poetry, folklore, myth, and theology of that formative age." "Bernstein draws on sources from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Israel, as well as early Christian writings through Augustine, in order to reconstruct the story of the prophets, priests, poets, and charismatic leaders who fashioned concepts of hell from an array of perspectives on death and justice. The author traces hell's formation through close readings of works including the epics of Homer and Virgil, the satires of Lucian, the dialogues of Plato and Plutarch, the legends of Enoch, the confessions of the Psalms, the prophecies of Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, and the parables of Jesus. Re-enacting lively debates about the nature of hell which were argued among the common people and the elites of diverse religious traditions, he provides new insight into the social implications and the psychological consequences of different visions of the afterlife."--Jacket. |
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05063 |
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20160122 |
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20200731 |
