The History of HellHarcourt Brace, 1993 - 275 Seiten A "lively...generously illustrated" (Washington Post Book World) survey of how, over the past four thousand years, religious leaders, artists, writers, and ordinary people in the West have visualized Hell-its location, architecture, purpose, and inhabitants. Illustrations; full-color inserts. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Great Below | 5 |
The Egyptian Book of the Dead | 12 |
Urheberrecht | |
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