Resurrection, Hell and the Afterlife : Body and Soul in Antiquity, Judaism and Early Christianity (Paperback)

Introduction 1. Afterlife in Antiquity: Post-mortem Existence in its Greco-Roman Context 2. Biblical Beginnings: Death and Afterlife in the Hebrew Bible 3. The Priority of the Soul: Constructions of Afterlife in Second Temple Judaism 4. Life after Death in Additional Jewish Literature: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Later Rabbinic Thought 5. New Testament Beginnings: Afterlife in the Thought of the Apostle Paul6. The Priority of the Body: Post-mortem Existence in the Later New Testament 7. The Rise of Gehenna: Afterlife in Early Christianity 8. What the…? Developments of Hell in its Jewish and Christian Contexts 9. Conclusion