Bart Ehrman traces the origins and evolution of heaven and hell concepts from ancient Near Eastern texts through early Christianity and late antiquity.
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Bart Ehrman traces the origins and evolution of heaven and hell concepts from ancient Near Eastern texts through early Christianity and late antiquity.
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"A New York Times bestselling historian of early Christianity takes on two of the most gripping questions of human existence: where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from, and why do they endure?" --
Over half of Americans believe in a literal heaven, in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and assume they are the age-old teachings of the Bible. Ehrman shows that eternal rewards and punishments are found nowhere in the Old Testament, and are not what Jesus or his...
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