Descents to the Underworld from Gilgamesh to Christian Late Antiquity

In my contribution I trace the transformations of the descent into the underworld from ancient Assyria via Greece and Rome to the world of Christian Late Antiquity. My aim is to analyse the evolution of a pagan and Jewish hellscape into a Christian one. First, I will briefly discuss the earliest kno...

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Main Author: Bremmer, Jan N. 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego 2017
In: Studia religiologica
Year: 2017, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: 291-309
Further subjects:B 1 Księga Enocha
B Eneida
B Wizja Ezdrasza
B zejście do podziemia
B Odyseja
B Apokalipsa Pawła
B Apokalipsa Piotra
B Gilgamesz
B apokalipsy
B Orfeusz
B podróże do piekła
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