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Introduction : The undiscover'd country -- pt. 1. The climate of immortality. Egypt -- Mesopotamia and Canaan -- The First Temple Period in Israel -- pt. 2. From climate to the self. Iranian views of the afterlife and ascent to the heavens -- Greek and classical views of life after death and ascent to the heavens -- Second Temple Judaism : the rise of a beatific afterlife in the Bible -- pt. 3. Visions of resurrection and the immortality of the soul. Apocalypticism and millenarianism : the social backgrounds to the martyrdoms in Daniel and Qumran -- Religiously interpreted states of consciousness : prophecy, self-consciousness, and life after death -- Sectarian life in New Testament times -- pt. 4. The path to modern views of the afterlife. Paul's vision of the afterlife -- The Gospels in contrast to Paul's writings -- The pseudepigraphic literature -- The Church Fathers and their opponents -- The early rabbis -- Islam and the afterlife : Muslim, Christian, and Jewish fundamentalism -- Afterword : Immortal longings.;Publisher's description: A magisterial work of social history, Life After Death illuminates the many different ways ancient civilizations grappled with the question of

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Author

Segal, Alan F

Publisher

The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307874733

Category

history

Subjects

Christian, Social Science, Religion

Rating

3.96 / 5 (65 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14