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

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By (author): Bart D. Ehrman

A New York Times bestselling scholars 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 lifes meaning, the fruit of which has been codified into Christian belief today. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
  • Publication Date: 28 Mar 2023
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780300271041

About Bart D. Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has written or edited thirty-three books six of which were New York Times best sellers. He lives in Durham NC.

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