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

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. Exc...

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Main Author: Bernstein, Alan E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Further subjects:B Electronic books
B Hell - Judaism - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Bernstein, Alan E: Hell and Its Rivals : Death and Retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Early Middle Ages. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press,c2017. - 9781501707803
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Summary: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
ISBN:1501712497