Bauckham, Richard  <br/><br/>
The fate of the dead :   studies on the Jewish and Christian apocalypses/ 
Richard Bauckham 
 - Leiden :   E.J. Brill,  1998 
 - xvi, 425 p.  ;  25 cm. 
 - Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ;  93 .
<br/><br/>Descents to the Underworld -- Early Jewish visions of Hell -- Visiting the places of the dead in the extra-canonical apocalypses -- The rich man and Lazarus : the parable and the parallels -- The tongue set on fire by Hell (James 3:6) -- The conflict of justice and mercy : attitudes to the damed in apocalyptic literature -- Augustine, the "compassionate" Christians, and the apocalypse of Peter -- The apocalypse of Peter : a Jewish Christian apocalypse from the time of Bar Kokhba -- A quotation from 4Q second Ezekiel in the apocalypse of Peter -- Resurrection as giving back the dead -- 2 Peter and the apocalypse of Peter -- The apocalypse of the seven heavens : the Latin version -- The four apocalypses of the Virgin Mary -- The ascension of Isaiah : genre, unity and date. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004112032‎9004112030 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.Eschatology--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.Future life--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL501   / .B38 1998