Death, Judgment, and the Kingdom. Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature
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Death, Judgment, and the Kingdom. Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature
9.99 €
A new book by renowned archaeologist, art historian, and religious scholar Pau Figueres explores fundamental ideas about death and the afterlife in Judaism and early Christianity. The author presents these ideas to the reader in the form of an anthology, or systematic collection, of Old Testament, apocryphal, New Testament, Talmudic, and early Christian texts that address life after death. The book also offers an overview of the influence of foreign religions on Jewish beliefs. These ancient texts are presented in six chapters, each consisting of a detailed introduction, the texts themselves, and notes. The book also includes an appendix on Jewish tombstone inscriptions and a list of references. The author does not attempt to draw any specific critical or analytical conclusions, but allows the ancient texts to speak for themselves, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions about the evolution of ideas about death and the afterlife in different historical periods. From the Editors: Dear Readers! This is Pau Figueres's second book on early Christianity, which we've decided to offer to your attention. It's not a series, much less the second volume of a single work, but these books do reflect on one another. The first, "The Spirit and the Bride," chronicled the origins of Christianity, the apostolic age, the age of martyrs, the birth of monasticism, and the new Christian culture. The second, "Death, Judgment, and the Kingdom," explores how early Christianity and early Judaism answered the question that has always intrigued people most: "What's beyond? What is death? And is there life after death? And how is a person's fate after death connected to the life they lived? And what is eternal life?" The author intended to help those interested in Jewish and Christian attitudes toward death understand this for themselves. Thus, while the first book is a narrative consisting of seven essays, the second is more of an anthology of Old Testament, apocryphal, New Testament, Talmudic, and early Christian texts. These are selected thematically and comprise five chapters (in addition to these, there is a chapter devoted to the influence of foreign religions on Jewish beliefs), containing detailed introductions, the texts themselves, and notes.
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