TITLE:
Hell and damnation : a sinner's guide to eternal torment / Marq de Villiers.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
Regina, Sask. : University of Regina Press,
Physical Description:
xiv, 351 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index.
Summary:
In Hell and Damnation, bestselling author Marq de Villiers takes readers on a journey into the strange richness of the human imaginings of hell, deep into time and across many faiths, back into early Egypt and the 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh. This urbane, funny, and deeply researched guide ventures well beyond the Nine Circles of Dante's Hell and the many medieval Christian visions into the hellish descriptions in Islam, Buddhism, Jewish legend, Japanese traditions, and more.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780889775848
