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Part One of this book examines early Jewish and Christian thought
on the topic of heaven. In the Old Testament, heaven is a place
where God and the angels reside - but not (seemingly) a place where
the righteous go when they die. By the time of the New Testament,
heaven is starting to assume its modern connotation as a paradise
where the righteous go to be with God when they die. This view
becomes even more prominent in apocryphal writings in the early
church. Part Two of this book focuses on the antithesis of Heaven -
Hell. It also takes a look at Satan and his minions. In the Old
Testament, there is not really a concept of Hell as Christians know
it today. Rather, Sheol is a place where people go after they die -
good or bad. In most references to Sheol, it is not clear that
beings have any consciousness there. It is simply the "abode of the
dead." By the time of the New Testament, however, Hell as we know
it today has become a hot (or cold) place of punishment for the
unrighteous, ruled over by Satan, a fallen angel. The
inter-Testamental writings (Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha) help
bridge the theological gap between Sheol and Hell. An appendix
which discusses the origins of the Apocrypha and the Dead Sea
Scrolls rounds this book out.
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Women who Murder
Robert C Jones
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Discovery Miles 3 920
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