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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 afterlifePublishers Weekly
From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifthcentury 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
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