Resurrection, hell, and the afterlife : body and soul in antiquity, Judaism, and early Christianity / Mark T. Finney.

Author/Creator:

Finney, Mark T., author.

Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Series:

BibleWorld

Format/Description:

Book
viii, 203 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Future life.
Future life -- Judaism.
Future life -- Christianity.

Contents:

Afterlife in antiquity: post-mortem existence in its Greco-Roman context
Biblical beginnings: death and afterlife in the Hebrew Bible
The priority of the soul: constructions of afterlife in second temple Judaism
Life after death in additional Jewish literature: the Dead Sea scrolls and later rabbinic thought
New Testament beginnings: afterlife in the thought of the Apostle Paul
The priority of the body: post-mortem existence in the later New Testament
The rise of Gehenna: afterlife in early Christianity
What the developments of hell in its Jewish and Christian contexts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other format:

Online version: Finney, Mark T., author. Resurrection, hell, and the afterlife.

ISBN:

9781138647657
1138647659

OCLC:

927192438

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