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Hell and Its Rivals: Death and Retribution Among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages
Alan E. Bernstein
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Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4, 1 black & white halftones, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 doctrinal expression in the New Testament, the Talmud, and the Qur'an, thinkers began to question Hell's eternity, and to consider possible alternatives-hell's rivals. Some imagined outright escape, others periodic but temporary relief within the torments. One option, including Purgatory and, in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the Middle State, was to consider the punishments to be temporary and purifying. ... Read more
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 doctrinal expression in the New Testament, the Talmud, and the Qur'an, thinkers began to question Hell's eternity, and to consider possible alternatives-hell's rivals. Some imagined outright escape, others periodic but temporary relief within the torments. One option, including Purgatory and, in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, the Middle State, was to consider the punishments to be temporary and purifying. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501707803
SKU
V9781501707803
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About Alan E. Bernstein
Alan E. Bernstein is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Hell and Its Rivals: Death and Retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages and The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds, both from Cornell.
Reviews for Hell and Its Rivals: Death and Retribution Among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages
Alan E. Bernstein continues his fine work onHell with extraordinary success. Bernstein understands Hell through both the history of concepts and of social history, interpreting the monotheistic ideas of Hell in theology and in popular thought.
Jeffrey Burton Russell, author of The Prince of Darkness With The Formation of Hell, Alan E. Bernstein established his reputation as ... Read more
Jeffrey Burton Russell, author of The Prince of Darkness With The Formation of Hell, Alan E. Bernstein established his reputation as ... Read more