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Détails
| Format : | Livre |
|---|---|
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
John Casey |
| ISBN : | 9780195092950 0195092953 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 456836999 |
| Description : | p. cm. |
| Contenu : | PART 1 ; Prologue ; 1. AFTER LIVES ; 2. EGYPT ; 3. MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL ; 4. GREECE AND ROME ; 5. THE CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS ; 6. DANTE: INFERNO ; 7. PREDESTINATION: AUGUSTINE TO CALVIN AND BEYOND ; 8. THE DECLINE OF HELL ; Part II ; 9 ; HEAVEN ; 10. HEAVEN: EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA, ISRAEL ; 11. BODIES FLESHLY AND SPIRITUAL ; 12. DANTE: PARADISO ; 13. CELESTIAL PLEASURES: RENAISSANCE AND ; REFORMATION HEAVENS ; 14. HEAVENLY SPECULATIONS ; 15. HEAVEN SEEN AND HEARD: SWEDENBORG ; 16. WITH EASY INTERCOURSE PASS TO AND FRO ; 17. SCORING IN HEAVEN |
| Responsabilité : | John Casey. |
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Critiques
Synopsis de l’éditeur
Students of the religious drama will find interesting background material for the Harrowing of Hell and Doomsday pageants, and useful speculation regarding medieval attitudes to the afterlife, in John Caseys entertaining whistle-stop tour of conceptions of post-mortem punishment and reward in cultures from ancient Egypt to the present. Greg Walker, Years Work in English Studies Casey is a well-read and sure-footed guide, with a keen analytic mind and a neat turn of phrase...I look forward to rereading much of this at leisure. Philip Johnstone, Journal of Semitic Studies wide ranging and thought-provoking...One of the most striking features of the book is its willingness to grasp what is morally or spiritually positive in each of a wide range of conflicting positions. Noel Malcolm, The Tablet Casey is an acute historian. James Wood, The London Review of Books Lire la suite...
