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Alternate Selection of History Book Club and The Readers' Subscription "A superb book largely because it brings clarity to a complex, puzzling and terrifying subject. . . . It lets you make up your own mind about death by helping you see what some of the choices are."--Edward L. Mark,... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Paul: Add a description of this character.
- John
- Adam
- Matthew
- Lucian
- Augustine
- Aeneas
- Mark
- Enoch
- Virgil
- Lucretius
- Zeus
- Demeter
- Sybil
- Cicero
- Abraham
- Daniel
- Herakles
- Samuel
- Peter
- Lazarus
- Gehenna
- Jeremiah
- David
- Michael
- Persephone
- Cain
- Theseus
- Judah
- Rohde
- Saul
- Tityos
- Brill
- Teiresias
- Ereshkigal
- Dionysus
- Luke
- Korah
- Inanna
- Pilate
- Isaiah
- Menippus
- James
- Macrobius
- Minos
- Livy
- Abel
- Micyllus
Setting & Locations edit
- Hades
- Sheol
- Rome
- New York
- Egypt
- Jerusalem
- Greece
- Judaism
- Israel
- Paris
- London
- Elysium
- Cambridge
- Babylon
- Hecate
- Philadelphia
- Republic
- Tartarus
- Heaven
- Leiden
- Ocean
- Athens
- City Of God
- Chicago
- Hock
- Canaan
- Assyria
- Phaedo
- Charon
- Garden City
- Princeton
- Caiaphas
- Israël
- Louvain
- Burkert
- Germany
- Berlin
- Mount
- Nephilim
- Jupiter
- Thespesius
- Ugaritic
- Row
- Asia
- Topheth
- Nineveh
First Sentence edit
In the Christian Scriptures the evangelist Matthew reports the words of Jesus responding to a question from his disciples.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alan E. Bernstein (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 291
Subjects edit
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Reference › Theology
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Theology › Eschatology
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Occult › Cults & Demonism
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › History
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Comparative Religion
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Church History
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