Shadows, Souls and Where They Go: Life Beyond Death in Ancient Paganism
Wright (N.T.)
Source: Wright (N.T.) - The Resurrection of the Son of God
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Sections

  1. Introduction
  2. Shadows, Souls, or Potential Gods?
    1. Introduction
    2. Witless Shadows in a Murky World?
    3. Disembodied1 but Otherwise Fairly Normal?
    4. Souls Released from Prison?
    5. Becoming a God (or at least a Star)?
  3. Further Life from within the World of the Dead?
    1. Introduction
    2. Eating with the Dead
    3. Spirits, Souls and Ghosts
    4. Returning from the Underworld
    5. Cheating Death: The Scheintod Motif in Novels
    6. Translated to Be With the Gods
    7. Transmigration of Souls
    8. Dying and Rising Gods
  4. Conclusion: The One-Way Street
Comment:

PART I: Setting the Scene - Chapter 2

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