Heaven and Hell

A History of the Afterlife

AvBart D. Ehrman

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from?'An engaging but expert guide.' THE TIMESAs strange as it may seem to us now, there was a time when no one thought they would go to heaven or hell after they died. In fact, there is no mention of them in the Old Testament, and Jesus did not believe the souls of the departed were bound for either realm.In this gripping history of the afterlife, Bart Ehrman reveals how the concepts of heaven and hell developed and took hold, and why they endure to this day. He examines the social, cultural and historical roots of competing views held by Greeks, Jews and Christians, and traces how beliefs changed over time. Ultimately, he shows that many of our ideas about heaven and hell emerged long after Jesus’s time, through the struggle to explain the injustices of the world.***'There’s no one I’d rather read on what Christians believe, and why they believe it, than Bart Ehrman.' TOM BISSELL, AUTHOR OF APOSTLE'An impressively readable, clear and wide-ranging study.' SPECTATOR'This elegant history explores the evolution of the concept of the afterlife in Western thought... presented with engaging clarity.' THE NEW YORKER

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-10-07
Mått:129 x 198 x 31 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oneworld Publications
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Oneworld Publications
ISBN:9780861541201

Utforska kategorier

Ande, kropp och själ inom Ande, kropp och själ
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. He has contributed to such major publications and media outlets as Time, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN and the BBC.

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‘[Ehrman’s] is a vast learning worn wonderfully lightly and he is an engaging but expert guide around how religious ideas were formed and shaped our world.’

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsPreface Chapter One: Guided Tours of Heaven and HellChapter Two: The Fear of DeathChapter Three: Life After Death Before There Was Life After DeathChapter Four: Will Justice Be Done? The Rise of Postmortem Rewards and PunishmentsChapter Five: Death After Death in the Hebrew BibleChapter Six: Dead Bodies That Return to Life: The Resurrection in Ancient IsraelChapter Seven: Why Wait for the Resurrection? Life After Death Right After DeathChapter Eight: Jesus and the AfterlifeChapter Nine: The Afterlife After Jesus’s Life: Paul the ApostleChapter Ten: Altering the Views of Jesus: The Later GospelsChapter Eleven: The Afterlife Mysteries of the Book of RevelationChapter Twelve: Eternal Life in the FleshChapter Thirteen: Tactile Ecstasy and Torment in the Christian HereafterChapter Fourteen: Who Will Inherit the Blessings? Purgatory, Reincarnation, and Salvation for All AfterwordNotesIndex