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The Old Testament and the future life

Title
The Old Testament and the future life / by Edmund F. Sutcliffe.
Author
Sutcliffe, Edmund F. (Edmund Felix)
Publication
[London] : Distributed by Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1946.

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Description
201 pages; 22 cm
Series Statement
The Bellarmine series ; 8
Uniform Title
Bellarmine series ; 8.
Subject
  • Bibel
  • Eschatology > Biblical teaching
  • Future life
  • Auferstehung
  • Unsterblichkeit
  • Jenseits
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Egyptian ideas of the future life -- 2. Babylonian ideas of the future life -- Introductory -- The home of the dead -- The gods of Aralu -- The condition of the dead -- No retribution beyond the grave -- No hope of resurrection -- The constituents of man -- Summary -- 3. Hebrew Ideas-Introductory -- 4. The Pentateuch -- Additional note: Saul's visit to the witch of Endor -- 5. The Doctrine of Ecclesiasticus -- 6. Sheol and its inhabitants -- The name of Sheol -- The situation of Sheol -- Darkness -- Gates and bars -- The name of the inhabitants of Sheol -- Sheol the Bourne of all mankind -- From Sheol there is no return -- Sheol in the power of God -- Conditions in Sheol -- Alleged divisions of Sheol -- 7. Apparent denial of activity and knowledge in Sheol -- Certain characteristics of biblical style -- Passages examined -- 8. Certain passages of the Psalms examined -- 9. Collective retribution -- Individual retribution -- Anxious searching of heart -- 10. Rewards and punishment after death -- The book of wisdom -- The book of Daniel -- Eternity of retribution -- Appendix on the book of Proverbs -- 11. Purgatory, or the intermediate state -- 12. The resurrection of the body -- Passages examined with negative results -- Passages examined with positive results -- Indication of opposition -- 13. The constituents of man -- 14. The doctrine of the extra-canonical book of Old Testament times -- Introductory -- The teaching -- The final judgment -- The resurrection -- The reward of the good -- The punishment of the wicked -- Eternity -- Supplementary note on the meaning of Sheol -- 15. Conclusion.
LCCN
a 49007565
OCLC
  • ocm04742599
  • 4742599
  • SCSB-128513
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library