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1. CONCERNING THE PRESENT STATE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH

  • Regina M. Janes
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Inventing Afterlives
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© 2018 Columbia University Press

© 2018 Columbia University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. 1. CONCERNING THE PRESENT STATE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH 1
  5. 2. IMPERMANENT ETERNITIES: EGYPT, SUMER, AND BABYLON, ANCIENT ISRAEL, GREECE, AND ROME 28
  6. 3. TOURING ASIAN AFTERLIVES: ETERNAL IMPERMANENCE 132
  7. 4. PURSUING HAPPINESS: HOW THE ENLIGHTENMENT INVENTED AN AFTERLIFE TO WISH FOR 197
  8. 5. WANDÂFURU RAIFU OR AFTERLIFE INVENTIONS AND VARIATIONS 256
  9. Notes 291
  10. Index 353
https://doi.org/10.7312/jane18570-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. 1. CONCERNING THE PRESENT STATE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH 1
  5. 2. IMPERMANENT ETERNITIES: EGYPT, SUMER, AND BABYLON, ANCIENT ISRAEL, GREECE, AND ROME 28
  6. 3. TOURING ASIAN AFTERLIVES: ETERNAL IMPERMANENCE 132
  7. 4. PURSUING HAPPINESS: HOW THE ENLIGHTENMENT INVENTED AN AFTERLIFE TO WISH FOR 197
  8. 5. WANDÂFURU RAIFU OR AFTERLIFE INVENTIONS AND VARIATIONS 256
  9. Notes 291
  10. Index 353
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