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Ausgabe:

Oktober/2020

Spalte:

933–934

Kategorie:

Neues Testament

Autor/Hrsg.:

Ehrman, Bart D.

Titel/Untertitel:

Heaven and Hell. A History of the Afterlife.

Verlag:

London: Oneworld Publications 2020. XXI, 326 S. Geb. £ 20,00. ISBN 978-1-78607-720-2.

Rezensent:

J. K. Elliott

»Death« has never been an easy concept. Even modern readers of the In Memoriam columns of a contemporary newspaper, note that very few people actually »die«. Instead they »pass«, »cross (over)«, »fall asleep« or are »called« by God to join him. Likewise, the ubiquitous plaques on benches and trees in municipal parks display the hope or belief that those remaining assume that their loved-ones are awaiting them in Paradise (= Heaven). »R.I.P.«, carved on headstones as an epitaph, implies the belief that prayer is considered to cause even God (of all people) to change his theological intentions!
What Bart D. Ehrmann does in this book is to examine the growth of such ideas. As an exegete and Neutestamentler, he obvi-ously spends much ink analyzing the development ...


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