Hell and its rivals: death and retribution among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the early Middle Ages
Gregory the Great : order in chaos -- Inner death : hell in the conscience -- The punishments : slavery, torture, and hell -- Exceptions to hell : relief and escape -- Calibrated justice and purgatorial fire -- Visions : rights to souls -- Rabbinic Judaism -- Byzantine universalism : the path not ta...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Monotheism
/ Death
/ Purgatory
/ Last Judgment
/ Hell
/ History 550-800
B Hell (Motif) / Islam / Judaism / Christianity / History 500-1500 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hell
Islam
History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Hell Christianity History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500 B Hell Comparative studies B Hell Judaism History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Gregory the Great : order in chaos -- Inner death : hell in the conscience -- The punishments : slavery, torture, and hell -- Exceptions to hell : relief and escape -- Calibrated justice and purgatorial fire -- Visions : rights to souls -- Rabbinic Judaism -- Byzantine universalism : the path not taken -- Islam : the mockers mocked |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1501707809 |