Hell and its rivals : death and retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the early Middle Ages / Alan E. Bernstein.
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TextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781501712494
- 1501712497
- Hell -- Comparative studies
- Hell -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Hell -- Islam -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Hell -- Judaism -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies
- RELIGION / Christianity / General
- RELIGION / Theology
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
- 202/.3 23
- BL545
Contents:
Gregory the Great : order in chaos -- Inner death : hell in the conscience -- The punishments : slavery, torture, and hell -- Exceptions to hell : relief and escape -- Calibrated justice and purgatorial fire -- Visions : rights to souls -- Rabbinic Judaism -- Byzantine universalism : the path not taken -- Islam : the mockers mocked.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gregory the Great : order in chaos -- Inner death : hell in the conscience -- The punishments : slavery, torture, and hell -- Exceptions to hell : relief and escape -- Calibrated justice and purgatorial fire -- Visions : rights to souls -- Rabbinic Judaism -- Byzantine universalism : the path not taken -- Islam : the mockers mocked.
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