Tromp, Nicholas J.

Primitive conceptions of death and the nether world in the Old Testament / Nicholas J. Tromp - Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1969 - xxiv, 241 p. ; 25 cm. - Biblica et orientalia; Sacra Scriptura antiquitatibus orientalibus illustrata, 21 .

Introduction. Methodological principles -- Ugaritic evidence about death and the underworld -- Part 1 : Names and epithets of sheol in the Old Testament. Local aspects -- The milieu -- Personal aspects -- Part 2 : Implications and explications. Localization and scenery of sheol -- Structural elements -- Death and associate demons -- Entering into sheol -- Inhabitants and conditions -- Conclusion.


Death -- Biblical teaching.Hell -- Biblical teaching.Bible. -- Old Testament.

BS1199.D34 / .T75 1969