Life After Death_ A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion - Alan Segal
Dedicated to
JULIA CHING, NILS A. DAHL, RENÉE GEEN,
HARVEY GOLDEY, DONALD JUEL, MORTON KLASS,
WILLARD G. OXTOBY, BENNETT P. SEGAL
from whom I learned wisdom about life
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: The Undiscover’d Country
PART ONE. The Climate of Immortality
1. Egypt
2. Mesopotamia and Canaan
3. The First Temple Period in Israel
PART TWO. From Climate to the Self
4. Iranian Views of the Afterlife and Ascent to the Heavens
5. Greek and Classical View ...