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The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity
By Brown, Peter
- ISBN
- 9780674967588
- Publisher
- Harvard Univ.
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Reviewed on April 1, 2015 | Arts and Humanities
Beginning with a backdrop comparison of Christian views on the soul's progression into the afterlife in the second and third centuries to the seventh century CE, Brown (history, Princeton Univ.; Through the Eye of a Needle) discusses early Christian beliefs concerning the afterlife, connections between the living and the dead, and how the living could help the dead. Pulling from numerous histo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
