TY  - BOOK
AU  - Segal,Alan F.
TI  - Life After Death: a history of the afterlife in the religions of the West 
SN  - 0385422997 (alk. paper)
U1  - 202.3 23
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Future life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 783-831) and index; Introduction : the undiscover'd country --; 1; Egypt --; 2; Mesopotamia and canaan --; 3; The first temple period in Israel --; 4; Iranian views of the afterlife and ascent to the heavens --; 5; Greek and classical views of life after death and ascent to the heavens --; 6; Second temple judaism : the rise of a beatific afterlife in the Bible --; 7; Apocalypticism and millenarianism : the social backgrounds to the martyrdoms in Daniel and Qumran --; 8; Religiously interpreted states of consciousness : prophecy, self-consciousness, and life after death --; 9; Sectarian life in new testament times --; 10; Paul's vision of the afterlife --; 11; The gospels in contrast to Paul's writings --; 12; The pseudepigraphic literature --; 13; The church fathers and their opponents --; 14; The early rabbis --; 15; Islam and the afterlife : Muslim, Christian, and Jewish fundamentalism --; Afterword : immortal longings
ER  -