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The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds

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 | #979076 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  1993-11-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.38 x6.49 x9.54l, | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.| A good first stop|By AaronK|This was one of my first stops in discovering biblical universalism. When I picked up this book, I expected to find that "hell" had it's roots in ancient Judaism or Christianity... however, it doesn't.

If you really want to know the roots of where hell came from, this is a great book to give that insight... but I warn you, it is a prett| ||"An absorbing history."―Frances Taliaferro, Washington Post Book World

|"The Formation of Hell is learned and accurate; it is sensitive; it is subtle and sophisticated; it is historiographically sound; it is written with great c

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 ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds   |  Alan E. Bernstein. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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