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Even better, his witty, self-deprecatory style makes Heaven and Hell an enjoyable read. Most importantly, this is an optimistic book." — Bookpage (STARRED REVIEW) "In Heaven and Hell, Bart Ehrman provides an informative, engaging, and compelling account of the evolution of conceptions about the afterlife." —Psychology Today
This is a scholarly work tracing how the idea of a Heaven and Hell came to occupy religious thinking today. Ehrman shows that contrary to the assumptions of many, Heaven and Hell were not part of man’s beliefs in the afterlife until long after the crucifixion of Jesus. The idea of the afterlife itself originally concerned the afterlife of the ...
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29 de mar. de 2022 · Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife by Bart D. Ehrman (review) Pp. 326. $28.00. The joint topics of death, resurrection, and the afterlife are deeply troubling and continually controversial to Christians and perhaps to all religionists. Death is so distressing since it is such an unknown. The theologian Stanley Hauerwas in his work God ...
31 de mar. de 2020 · He discusses ancient guided tours of heaven and hell, in which a living person observes the sublime blessings of heaven for those who are saved and the horrifying torments of hell for those who are damned. Some of these accounts take the form of near death experiences, the oldest on record, with intriguing similarities to those reported today.
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31 de mar. de 2020 · The history of this wild hypothesizing is the subject of Bart Ehrman’s latest book, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife.Ehrman is in a unique position to tell the story. As a New Testament scholar, he’s spent his entire career critically examining the Bible and the development of early Christianity.
31 de mar. de 2020 · Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife is a good book about the afterlife and how perceptions, attitudes, and philosophies have changed over the centuries. There is much to be gained from this book and I recommend it to anyone who is fascinated by this topic and wants to gain a better understanding of human viewpoints on the afterlife and the historic forces that have shaped these views.
