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Bass, Justin W.,

The battle for the keys : Revelation 1:18 and Christ's descent into the underworld / Justin W. Bass. - 1 online resource (165 pages) - Paternoster Biblical Monographs . - Paternoster biblical monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- A survey of death and Hades personified. Death and Hades in the Greco-Roman world -- Death and Hades (Sheol) in the Old Testament -- Death and Hades in Second Temple literature -- The end of death and Hades in the New Testament -- The battle for the keys to the underworld -- Compartmentalization of the underworld. Paradise / Abraham's bosom -- Abyss / Tartarus -- Gehenna / Lake of fire -- Descensus ad inferos in the New Testament -- Descensus ad inferos in Revelation 1:18 -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 9781780783284 1780783280

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jesus Christ--Descent into hell.
Jésus-Christ--Descente aux enfers.
Jesus Christ

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Revelation, I, 18--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Christology.
Descent of Jesus Christ into hell

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BT470 / .B377 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 232.967