The Penguin Book of Hell
"Hell" will take you through three thousand years of eternal torment - from the Old Testament Sheol and Gehenna to the newest versions of hell on Earth. You will cross the Acheron River in the same boat with the hero Aeneas and set foot on the shores of Hades; meet the devil in the form of a giant thousand-armed monster, as a monk who lived in the 12th century imagined him to be; go through the nine circles of Dante's hell, in which gluttons, liars, heretics, murderers and hypocrites undergo eternal torment for their sins; you will witness the controversy that stirred Victorian England, when the data of science made people doubt the idea of afterlife punishment. A unique anthology of the most important texts about Hell, compiled by American medievalist and historian of religion, professor at Fordham University Scott Bruce, shows us how the idea of posthumous retribution for earthly sins has affected - and continues to influence - the minds of people.
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The Penguin Book of Hell
"Hell" will take you through three thousand years of eternal torment - from the Old Testament Sheol and Gehenna to the newest versions of hell on Earth. You will cross the Acheron River in the same boat with the hero Aeneas and set foot on the shores of Hades; meet the devil in the form of a giant thousand-armed monster, as a monk who lived in the 12th century imagined him to be; go through the nine circles of Dante's hell, in which gluttons, liars, heretics, murderers and hypocrites undergo eternal torment for their sins; you will witness the controversy that stirred Victorian England, when the data of science made people doubt the idea of afterlife punishment. A unique anthology of the most important texts about Hell, compiled by American medievalist and historian of religion, professor at Fordham University Scott Bruce, shows us how the idea of posthumous retribution for earthly sins has affected - and continues to influence - the minds of people.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9785001393900 |
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| Publisher: | Alpina Non Fiction |
| Publication date: | 05/03/2023 |
| Sold by: | Bookwire |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 296 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
| Age Range: | 16 Years |
| Language: | Russian |
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