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CONTENTS nnIntroduction iii nCHAPTER I nOLD TESTAMENT REVELATIONS OF A LIFE AFTER DEATH 1 nCHAPTER II nTHE STATE OF THE DEAD DEPICTED IN PRE-CHRISTIAN AND EARLY POST-CHRISTIAN JEWISH WRITINGS n§ 1. The Book of Jesus the Son of Sirach 14 n§ 2. The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon 24 n§ 3. The Second Book of the Maccabees 28 n§ 4. Third and Fourth Maccabees 43 nCHAPTER IIInTHE STATE OF THE DEAD DEPICTED IN OTHER EARLY JEWISH WRITINGS n§ 1. The Books of Tobit, Judith, and Baruch 47 n§ 2. The Book of Enoch 52 n(a) Section I., 170 B.C 54 n(b) The Similitudes, 94-64 B.C. 57 n(c) The Dream-Visions, 134-94 B.C. 59 n(d) Section V., 134-94 B.C 59 n§ 3. The Second (or Fourth) Book of Esdras 62 n§ 4. The Psalter of Solomon — Psalms of the Pharisees 72 n§ 5. The Books of the Sibyllines 75 n§ 6.

The Assumption of Moses 78 n§ 7. The Apocalypse of Baruch 80 n§ 8. The Testament of Job 85 n§ 9. The Book of the Jubilees 88 n§ 10. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 97 nCHAPTER IV nJEWISH USAGES IN DISTINCTLY POST-CHRISTIAN DAYS n§ 1. Philo Judaeus 101 n§ 2. Book of the Secrets of Enoch 103 n§ 3. Josephus 106 n§ 4. Jewish Inscriptions in the Catacombs 113 n§ 5. The Crimean Inscriptions 121 n§ 6. The Inscription of Aden and other Jewish Inscriptions 124 n§ 7. The Kaddish Prayer 129 n§ 8. The Talmuds and R. Johanan Ben Zakkai 132 n§ 9. The Pirke Aboth 137 n§ 10. The Midrashim 140 n§ 11. The Siphre 144 n§ 12. Modern Jewish Practice 148 nCHAPTER V nPARADISE AND GEHENNA n§ 1. Jewish Ideas 152 n§ 2. New Testament Revelation 158 nCHAPTER VI nTHE NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGES APPEALED TO BY THOSE WHO UPHOLD PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD n§ 1.

Introductory 171 n§ 2. “The World to come” — Matt. xii. 31, 32 172 n§ 3. “The Fire of the Day of the Lord” — 1 Cor. iii. 12-15 177 n§ 4. “Baptized for the Dead” — 1 Cor. xv. 29 182 n§ 5. Paul’s Prayer for Onesiphorus — 2 Tim. i. 16 187 n§ 6. Dr. Littledale’s List of Passages 191 n§ 7. “The Souls under the Altar” — Rev. vi. 10 200 n§ 8. The Petrine Passages — 1 Pet. iii. 18-20 and iv. 6 204 nCHAPTER VII nPRAYERS FOR THE DEAD IN THE EARLY AGES OF CHRISTIANITY n§ 1. The Apostolic Fathers and the Inscriptions in the Catacombs of Rome 216 n§ 2. The Petitions for the Dead in the so-called Primitive Liturgies and Later Prayers 224 n§ 3. The Writings of the Fathers 228 n§ 4. The Epitaph of Abercius 233 nCHAPTER VIII nTHE INTERMEDIATE STATE AS DEPICTED CHRISTIAN APOCRYPHAL WRITINGS n§ 1.

Introductory Remarks 243 n§ 2. The Apocalypse of Peter 245 n§ 3. The Vision of St. Paul and other Apocryphal Apocalypses 248 n§ 4. The Gospel of Nicodemus 255 nCHAPTER IX nHELL AS DESCRIBED BY THE FATHERS, AND HELL AND PURGATORY AS PORTRAYED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 260nCHAPTER X nTHE SO-CALLED “TEST OF CATHOLICITY” 281 nCHAPTER XI nTHE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 304 nINDEX OF TEXTS ILLUSTRATED 317nGENERAL INDEX. 320 nnDigitized by Google.’, ‘Includes bibliographical references and indexes’, ‘Description based on print version record’, ‘Electronic reproduction’, ‘Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002’, ‘digitized

• Creator/s: Wright, Charles H. H. (Charles Henry Hamilton), 1836-1909
• Date: 1900
• Year: 1900
• Book Topics/Themes: Intermediate State, Prayers for the dead, Eschatology, Death — Religious aspects, Death, Intermediate state

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