Where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from? As strange as it may seem to us now, there was a time when no one thought they would go to heaven or hell after they died. In fact, there is no mention of them in the Old Testament, and Jesus did not believe the souls of the departed were bound for either realm. In this gripping history of the afterlife, Bart Ehrman reveals how the concepts of heaven and hell developed and took hold, and why they endure to this day. He examines the social, cultural and historical roots of ...
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Where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from? As strange as it may seem to us now, there was a time when no one thought they would go to heaven or hell after they died. In fact, there is no mention of them in the Old Testament, and Jesus did not believe the souls of the departed were bound for either realm. In this gripping history of the afterlife, Bart Ehrman reveals how the concepts of heaven and hell developed and took hold, and why they endure to this day. He examines the social, cultural and historical roots of competing views held by Greeks, Jews and Christians, and traces how beliefs changed over time. Ultimately, he shows that many of our ideas about heaven and hell emerged long after Jesus's time, through the struggle to explain the injustices of the world.
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I thought this book would be an encyclopedic survey about concept of the afterlife across time and cultures. Well sort of. After about 50 pages of consideration regarding antiquity (almost entirely western) the author does a deep deep dive into the various views of life, death and beyond resulting from the rise of Christianity, Somewhat interesting but not at the length Ehrman devotes to it.
Joe S
Jun 23, 2020
Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife
This is one of Bart Ehrman's best. A fascinating read, I highly recommend it.