Journeys to heaven and hell: tours of the afterlife in early Christian tradition

"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...

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Главный автор: Ehrman, Bart D. 1955- (Автор)
Формат: Print
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: New Haven London Yale University Press [2022]
В:Год: 2022
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Раннее христианство / Потусторонний мир (мотив) / Вечная жизнь (мотив)
B Вера в потусторонний мир (мотив) / Раннее христианство / Исторический контекст
Индексация IxTheo:KAB Раннее христианство
Другие ключевые слова:B Heaven Christianity
B Future Life
B Heaven ; Christianity
B Future Life Christianity
B Hell ; Christianity
B Hell Christianity
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Итог:"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 in the accepted doctrines of heaven, hell, and purgatory"--Dust jacket flap
Примечание:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index
ISBN:0300257007