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Hell and Its Rivals : Death and Retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (409 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501712494
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hell and Its RivalsDDC classification:
  • 202.3
LOC classification:
  • BL545
Online resources:
Contents:
Hell and its Rivals -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations -- 1. Gregory the Great: Order in Chaos -- 2. Inner Death: Hell in the Conscience -- 3. The Punishments: Slavery, Torture, and Hell -- Part II. Alternatives to Hell -- 4. Exceptions to Hell: Relief and Escape -- 5. Calibrated Justice and Purgatorial Fire -- 6. Visions: Rights to Souls -- Part III. Hell in Abrahamic Religions -- 7. Rabbinic Judaism: One Fire, Two Fates -- 8. Byzantine Universalism: The Path Not Taken -- 9. Islam: The Mockers Mocked -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Hell and its Rivals -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations -- 1. Gregory the Great: Order in Chaos -- 2. Inner Death: Hell in the Conscience -- 3. The Punishments: Slavery, Torture, and Hell -- Part II. Alternatives to Hell -- 4. Exceptions to Hell: Relief and Escape -- 5. Calibrated Justice and Purgatorial Fire -- 6. Visions: Rights to Souls -- Part III. Hell in Abrahamic Religions -- 7. Rabbinic Judaism: One Fire, Two Fates -- 8. Byzantine Universalism: The Path Not Taken -- 9. Islam: The Mockers Mocked -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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