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• catalog abstract ""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 E. Bernstein takes us back to those times and offers us a comparative view of the philosophy, poetry, folklore, myth, and theology of that formative age." "Bernstein draws on sources from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Israel, as well as early Christian writings through Augustine, in order to reconstruct the story of the prophets, priests, poets, and charismatic leaders who fashioned concepts of hell from an array of perspectives on death and justice. The author traces hell's formation through close readings of works including the epics of Homer and Virgil, the satires of Lucian, the dialogues of Plato and Plutarch, the legends of Enoch, the confessions of the Psalms, the prophecies of Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, and the parables of Jesus. Re-enacting lively debates about the nature of hell which were argued among the common people and the elites of diverse religious traditions, he provides new insight into the social implications and the psychological consequences of different visions of the afterlife."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b4796803.
• catalog coverage "Rome Religion.".
• catalog created "1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
• catalog description ""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 E. Bernstein takes us back to those times and offers us a comparative view of the philosophy, poetry, folklore, myth, and theology of that formative age." "Bernstein draws on sources from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Israel, as well as early Christian writings through Augustine, in order to reconstruct the story of the prophets, priests, poets, and charismatic leaders who fashioned concepts of hell from an array of perspectives on death and justice. The author traces hell's formation through close readings of works including the epics of Homer and Virgil, the satires of Lucian, the dialogues of Plato and Plutarch, the legends of Enoch, the confessions of the Psalms, the prophecies of Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, and the parables of Jesus. Re-enacting lively debates about the nature of hell which were argued among the common people and the elites of diverse religious traditions, he provides new insight into the social implications and the psychological consequences of different visions of the afterlife."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-365) and indexes.".
• catalog description "Introduction : Babylonia and Egypt -- The netherworlds of Greece and Rome. Neutral death ; Moral death ; Porous death ; Useful death -- The afterlife in ancient Judaism. Spirits of the dead ; Dividing the dead ; Eternal punishment -- Hell in the New Testament. Destruction ; Damnation ; The myth behind hell -- Tensions in early Christianity. Divine sovereignty ; Divine mercy ; Eternity defended. Index of biblical references.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 392 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Formation of hell.".
• catalog identifier "0801428939 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0801481317 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Formation of hell.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
• catalog relation "Formation of hell.".
• catalog spatial "Rome Religion.".
• catalog subject "291.2/3 20".
• catalog subject "BT836.2 .B47 1993".
• catalog subject "Hell Biblical teaching.".
• catalog subject "Hell Christianity History of doctrines Early church, approximately 30-600.".
• catalog subject "Hell Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600.".
• catalog subject "Hell Comparative studies.".
• catalog subject "Judaism Doctrines History.".
• catalog subject "Judaism History of doctrines.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : Babylonia and Egypt -- The netherworlds of Greece and Rome. Neutral death ; Moral death ; Porous death ; Useful death -- The afterlife in ancient Judaism. Spirits of the dead ; Dividing the dead ; Eternal punishment -- Hell in the New Testament. Destruction ; Damnation ; The myth behind hell -- Tensions in early Christianity. Divine sovereignty ; Divine mercy ; Eternity defended. Index of biblical references.".
• catalog title "The formation of hell : death and retribution in the ancient and early Christian worlds / Alan E. Bernstein.".
• catalog type "text".