Journeys to heaven and hell : tours of the afterlife in early Christian tradition /

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Author / Creator:Ehrman, Bart D., author.
Imprint:New Haven [CT] : Yale University Press, [2022]
Description:xii, 328 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12723573
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ISBN:9780300257007
0300257007
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index.
Summary:"From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the afterlife played a major role in shaping ancient notions of morality and ethics. In this new account, acclaimed author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narratives of heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged. He examines how fundamental social experiences of the early Christian communities molded the conceptions of the afterlife that eventuated in the accepted doctrines of heaven, hell, and purgatory"--Dust jacket flap.

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505 0 |a 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. 
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