Questions regarding the afterlife are many, and the Gospel of Luke
and the book of Acts pay a great deal of attention to them: why
does Luke speak about several different forms of the afterlife? Why
is resurrection described as a person's transformation into an
angelic being? How many abodes are appointed for the righteous and
the wicked after death? Alexey Somov addresses these queries in
relation to the apparent confusion and variety found in the text,
and in respect of the interrelatedness of these issues, and their
connection with other eschatological issues in Luke-Acts, and in
relation to the wider cultural context of the Mediterranean world
to which Luke belonged. Every culture expresses its beliefs by
means of special metaphors that allow it to comprehend supernatural
realities in terms of everyday experience. Belief in the afterlife
was part of this metaphorical system which Luke shared with the
ancient eastern Mediterranean culture. Somov takes his analysis one
step further by applying Cognitive Metaphor Theory to selected
metaphorical aspects of the afterlife. While the inconsistencies
and incoherence of the combined metaphors may seem jarring to a
contemporary Western reader, Somov's reading enables a recognition
of the specific religious metaphors used, which for Luke would have
been current and widely accepted.
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