Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition

by Bart D Ehrman and Bart D. Ehrman

Book Overview

A New York Times bestselling scholar's illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell

"[An] illuminating deep dive . . . An edifying origin story for contemporary Christian conceptions of the afterlife."--Publishers Weekly

From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300271042
• ISBN13: 9780300271041
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.9"