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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300257007
• ISBN13: 9780300257007
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"