Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition

A New York Times bestselling scholar's illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and...
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Author: Bart D. Ehrman
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Language: English
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Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition by Ehrman, Bart D.

Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition

¥5,583

Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition

¥5,583
Author: Bart D. Ehrman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A New York Times bestselling scholar's illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell

"[An] illuminating deep dive . . . An edifying origin story for contemporary Christian conceptions of the afterlife."--Publishers Weekly

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 into the accepted doctrines of heaven, hell, and purgatory.

Drawing on Greek and Roman epic poetry, early Jewish writings such as the Book of Watchers, and apocryphal Christian stories including the Acts of Thomas, the Gospel of Nicodemus, and the Apocalypse of Peter, Ehrman demonstrates that ancient tours of the afterlife promoted reflection on matters of ethics, faith, ambition, and life's meaning, the fruit of which has been codified into Christian belief today.

Author: Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
ISBN: 9780300271041

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