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A magisterial work of social history, Life After Death illuminates the many different ways ancient civilizations grappled with the question of what exactly happens to us after we die. In a masterful exploration of how Western civilizations have defined the afterlife, Alan F. Segal weaves... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Pauline: Add a description of this character.
- Augustine
- Daniel
- Enoch
- Muhammad
- Adam
- Elijah
- John
- Stephen
- Mary Magdalene
- Demeter
- Gregory
- Mark
- Luke
- David
- Tertullian
- Ahura Mazda
- Aristotle
- Cyrus
- Persephone
- Peter
- Isaac
- Michael
- Judah
- Philo
- Isaiah
- Justin
- Muslim
- Clement
- Matthew
- Moses
- Ishmael
- Lucius
- Thomas
- Joseph
- Jacob
- Cleopatra
- Abel
- Macrina
- Antony
- Manichaeanism
- Athenagoras
- Alexander
- Levi
- Saul
- Aeneas
Setting & Locations edit
- Islam
- Israel
- Rabbinic Judaism
- Zoroastrianism
- Jerusalem
- United States
- Hades
- Rome
- Sheol
- Iran
- Egypt
- Persia
- Greece
- Gospel
- Mesopotamia
- Palestine
- Canaanite
- Judea
- Temple
- Norea
- Turkey
- Metatron
- Republic
- Europe
- Ezra
- Heaven
- India
- Eden
- Near East
- Avesta
- Qumran
- Vergil
- Nyssa
- Galilee
- Iraq
- Spain
- Jihad
- Babylon
First Sentence edit
DESERVEDLY OR NOT, ancient Egypt is known as a culture obsessed by the afterlife.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alan F. Segal (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 202.3
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