Hell and Damnation - A Sinner's Guide to Eternal Torment (Paperback)


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.

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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.

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Imprint

University of Regina Press

Country of origin

Canada

Release date

February 2019

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Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

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Dimensions

203 x 170 x 127mm (L x W x H)

Format

Paperback

Pages

356

ISBN-13

978-0-88977-584-8

Barcode

9780889775848

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LSN

0-88977-584-2



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