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Hell and Its Rivals: Death and Retribution among Christians,...

Bernstein, Alan E.

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The idea of punishment after death—whereby the souls of the wicked are consigned to Hell (Gehenna, Gehinnom, or Jahannam)—emerged out of beliefs found across the Mediterranean, from ancient Egypt to Zoroastrian Persia, and became fundamental to the Abrahamic religions. Once Hell achieved doctrin...

Hell and Its Rivals: Death and Retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages

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Bernstein, Alan E.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Year
2017

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